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An American Childhood
by Dillard, Annie
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060158050
- ISBN 13
- 9780060158057
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1987. Cloth. Fine/Fine. (4th) Maroon cloth with light scratch across front, author's name in gilt bright on spine, spine lightly sunken, map of 1800 Pittsburgh inside covers and adjacent end papers, 255 lightly browned pages. DJ has light brown background with color-illustration of Pittsburgh at center front, b/w photo of Dillard as child and adult on back. DJ has very tiny creases along top front edge. Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
Synopsis
A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27756
- Title
- An American Childhood
- Author
- Dillard, Annie
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060158050
- ISBN 13
- 9780060158057
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- WOMEN AUTHORS BIOGRAPHY PENNSYLVANIA SOCIAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Writing;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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