75 Aromatic Years of Leavitt & Peirce in the Recollection of 31 Harvard Men
by (UPDIKE, John)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /No Jacket
- Seller
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Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cambridge: Leavitt & Peirce. 1958. The hardcover issue of this very early appearance in print by Updike [Roberts B2]. Harvard alumni commemorate the 75th anniversary of a tobacco store and gathering place; Updike contributes a poem, "The Old Tobacconist." Two very slight bumps to the boards and a small tear at the front joint; else very near fine, lacking the glassine jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026900
- Title
- 75 Aromatic Years of Leavitt & Peirce in the Recollection of 31 Harvard Men
- Author
- (UPDIKE, John)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Leavitt & Peirce
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1958
Terms of Sale
Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
All books are First Editions or First American Editions in dust jackets unless otherwise noted and are returnable within 30 days.
About the Seller
Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Hadley, Massachusetts
About Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
We deal in rare books, specializing in modern literary first editions. We regularly issue catalogs of Modern Literature and less regularly issue catalogs of Native American Literature, the Literature of the Vietnam War and the 1960s, and Nature Writing. Ken is a former President of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. We maintain an office in Hadley, Massachusetts and welcome visitors by appointment. We are always interested in buying rare books, manuscripts, or related material in any of our areas of specialty and are happy to hear from anyone offering such items to us.
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- Fine
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