An American Homeplace
by McCaig, Donald
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517584875
- ISBN 13
- 9780517584873
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Crown, 1992. McCaig recounts the twenty year challenge he and his wife faced, beginning in 1971, when they moved to an abandoned farm in western Virginia and begin to raise sheep and till the land. First printing. Gently bumped and rubbed, spine slightly cocked, with an erasure mark on the front end paper. Jacket lightly rubbed and crimped, in Brodart. The book is dedicated to editor and literary agent Knox Burger. Inscribed on the dedication page "For Knox's classmate Babette, with best wishes. Donald McCaig. Charlottesville 29 August 1992.". Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231047
- Title
- An American Homeplace
- Author
- McCaig, Donald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517584875
- ISBN 13
- 9780517584873
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography/Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Spine
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- Brodart
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- Cocked
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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