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The Desert Rose
by McMurtry, Larry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671461435
- ISBN 13
- 9780671461430
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, 1983-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. First Edition, as indicated by number line. **Please Note: This is NOT the deluxe slipcased edition, it is the trade hardcover edition with dust jacket.** Hardbound book. Book is in Very Good condition, minimal handling with faint toning to top and bottom edges of boards, gentle shelfwear to tail of spine. Binding is tight as if unread, text is free of markings. Dust jacket is in Very Good, minimal handling, faint toning along top edge of jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPmcmDERO
- Title
- The Desert Rose
- Author
- McMurtry, Larry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671461435
- ISBN 13
- 9780671461430
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983-01-01
- Size
- 8x5x1
- X weight
- 16 oz
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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