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Shoeless Joe
by [Larry McMurtry] W. P. Kinsella
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Binding with light shelf wear, some sun fading around edges, foxing to upper edge of textblock, less so on spine and boards. Int
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Binding with light shelf wear, some sun fading around edges, foxing to upper edge of textblock, less so on spine and boards. Internally clean. Dustjacket with light edge wear, unobtrusive foxing, and color fade on spine. Very good. LMM-223.
W. P. Kinsella. Shoeless Joe. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. First edition.
Octavo. 265 pages. Publisher's paper over cloth binding, line illustration of batter on front board stamped in gold, lettering in gold on spine. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket, designed by Wendell Minor, with price listing $11.95.
From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 223
- Title
- Shoeless Joe
- Author
- [Larry McMurtry] W. P. Kinsella
- Book Condition
- Used - Binding with light shelf wear, some sun fading around edges, foxing to upper edge of textblock, less so on spine and boards. Int
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Fiction, Novels
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About the Seller
InkQ Rare Books LLC
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Addison, Texas
About InkQ Rare Books LLC
Welcome to InkQ Rare Books! Home to the collections of Larry McMurtry; Screenwriter and Author William Goldman; The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Drugs, as well as books on hunting and fishing, modern first editions, children's and illustrated books, travels & voyages, history, Texana, ephemera, and more.
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