The Better Part [Inscribed and Signed]
by Kit Reed
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York, 1967. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($4.95), lime green topstain; [10],208pp. Light wear to jacket margins, brief soil at foot of jacket spine panel, remainder mark to bottom textblock edge, boards very slightly bowed, prior owner's signature on front free endpaper, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper.
The prolific author's Bildungsroman about young Mart Ewald growing up in the correctional facility her father runs. Kit Reed is today best known for her feminist science fiction stories for which she has thrice been nominated for a James Tiptree Jr. Award.
The prolific author's Bildungsroman about young Mart Ewald growing up in the correctional facility her father runs. Kit Reed is today best known for her feminist science fiction stories for which she has thrice been nominated for a James Tiptree Jr. Award.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29555
- Title
- The Better Part [Inscribed and Signed]
- Author
- Kit Reed
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York
- Place of Publication
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- New
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- Inscribed
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