The Beach Book
by Steinem, Gloria
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670150231
- ISBN 13
- 9780670150236
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Viking, 1963. First edition. Hard cover in original dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1963, first printing. Small 4to., 8 1/2" x 10 3/8", x+277pp., illustrated by chas b slackman. Designed by Samuel N. Antupit. Introduction by John Kenneth Galbraith. Steinem's first book, a celebration of beach culture, which she dedicates to: "To Ocean Beach Pier that was and to Paradise Island". Bright orange cloth with silver spine titles, orange endpapers. Verso of dust jacket is a metallic silver sun reflector. 3/4" x 1" chip off top corner of rear endpaper, else near fine - clean, straight, bright, unmarked in very good dust jacket with light edgewear, small chip at crown. Dust jacket is unclipped, bearing price of $8.50 on flap. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010170
- Title
- The Beach Book
- Author
- Steinem, Gloria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0670150231
- ISBN 13
- 9780670150236
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary & Modern First Editions;
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The Wild Muse
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Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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