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Temping
by Kirby Olson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine book in a fine, unclipped dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0930773764
- ISBN 13
- 9780930773762
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
Seattle: Black Heron Press, 2006. Hardcover, octavo, black boards, silver spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 217 pp. Near fine book in a fine, unclipped dust jacket. From the library of New York School poet, publisher and librettist, Kenward Elmslie. Inscribed on the title page: "For my good friend - the great poet Kenward Elmslie, Kirby Olson." Laid in are a TLS from Olson, in which he solicits Elmslie's advice about how to raise grant money for an upcoming book and a five-page printed review of Temping from the California Literary Review. A novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2265
- Title
- Temping
- Author
- Kirby Olson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, octavo, black boards, silver spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 217 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine book in a fine, unclipped dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0930773764
- ISBN 13
- 9780930773762
- Publisher
- Black Heron Press
- Place of Publication
- Seattle
- Date Published
- 2006
- LCCN
- 2007273738
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
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Ridgewood, New York
About Better Read Than Dead
Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
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- Fine
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