This Very Earth
by Caldwell, Erskine
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Rose-colored cloth. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine copy in pictorial dust jacket with light wear at edges, slight rubbing to
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948. First edition (so stated on copyright page). 1 vols. 8vo. Rose-colored cloth. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine copy in pictorial dust jacket with light wear at edges, slight rubbing to spine tips, small nick from upper panel -- overall, though, a bright jacket, designed by Robert Graves. First edition (so stated on copyright page). 1 vols. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 223003
- Title
- This Very Earth
- Author
- Caldwell, Erskine
- Format/Binding
- 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Rose-colored cloth. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine copy in pictorial dust jacket with light wear at edges, slight rubbing to
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (so stated on copyright page)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- American | Erskine Caldwell
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