The Australian
by Stipe, Frank Martin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0533043816
- ISBN 13
- 9780533043811
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Vantage Press, 1980 69 pgs. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt title on spine. Inscribed by author inside front cover; small ink spot on facing flyleaf, otherwise very clean. Binding tight. Jacket shows light wear, with 1 short closed tear on top front; light fading to spine.The author was a Wisconsin Intercollegiate champion in golf. This is his first (and only?) novel, describing the play of Jimmy Campbell, "the Digger".. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000390
- Title
- The Australian
- Author
- Stipe, Frank Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0533043816
- ISBN 13
- 9780533043811
- Publisher
- Vantage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Sports, Golf, Fiction
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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