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The Abortion An Historical Romance 1966
by Brautigan, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0671208721
- ISBN 13
- 9780671208721
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-231: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Simon and Schuster, New York. 1971. 226 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. The DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ (DJ is sunned along the spine and chipped to the spine ends with a large closed tear present to the front panel). Bound in cloth with black titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf wear present. Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. The text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. A public library in California where none of the books have ever been published is full of romantic possibilities. But when the librarian and his girlfriend must travel to Tijuana, the Kingdom of Fire and Water, they experience a series of strange encounters. Richard Brautigan was an American novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Tacoma, Washington, he moved to San Francisco in the 1950s EB; 7.9 X 5.3 X 0.7 inches; 226 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61563
- Title
- The Abortion An Historical Romance 1966
- Author
- Brautigan, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0671208721
- ISBN 13
- 9780671208721
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- E-231
- Date Published
- 1971
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