THE BIG HUNGER: STORIES 1932-1959
by Fante, John (stories); Cooney, Stephen (editor)
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- Hardcover
- first
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Trade Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 750 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-315,[5]pp. Faint, scattered foxing to lower board edges and right edge of textblock, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Collection of 17 previously-unpublished stories by Fante, written between 1932-1959, together with the preface to Ask the Dust. With a preface and notes by biographer Stephen Cooper.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5497
- Title
- THE BIG HUNGER: STORIES 1932-1959
- Author
- Fante, John (stories); Cooney, Stephen (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Rosa
- Date Published
- 2000
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Edges
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