A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles
by McPhee, John
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/very good +
- Seller
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Avon, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1968. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/very good +. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 250 pp. First printing stated. A most handsome near fine example in spine toned, but otherwise near fine dustwrapper with the original $5.95 price. McPhee profiles Thomas P. F. Hoving, Temple Fielding and others.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Derringer Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34461
- Title
- A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Non-Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature / First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Derringer Books
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Avon, Connecticut
About Derringer Books
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- Octavo
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- Dustwrapper
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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