Body
by Crews, Harry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671695762
- ISBN 13
- 9780671695767
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Poseidon Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Fine. A tragicomedy.
240 pages. First trade edition (first printing). A very good copy (some stains to the covers and some wear to the silver spine stamping) in a fine dust jacket. This is one of a series of books Crews inscribed to his friend and collector Tom Garner, explaining the dedications or epigraphs in his books. This book begins with a quote from Karl Wallenda, a high-wire artist and founder of the Flying Wallendas troupe. The inscription reads, "Tom; [Karl Wallenda] went off a wire thirty feet in the air onto a concrete floor under the big top. A man who knew what a proper death was. All best, bud, Harry Crews.
240 pages. First trade edition (first printing). A very good copy (some stains to the covers and some wear to the silver spine stamping) in a fine dust jacket. This is one of a series of books Crews inscribed to his friend and collector Tom Garner, explaining the dedications or epigraphs in his books. This book begins with a quote from Karl Wallenda, a high-wire artist and founder of the Flying Wallendas troupe. The inscription reads, "Tom; [Karl Wallenda] went off a wire thirty feet in the air onto a concrete floor under the big top. A man who knew what a proper death was. All best, bud, Harry Crews.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 363051
- Title
- Body
- Author
- Crews, Harry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671695762
- ISBN 13
- 9780671695767
- Publisher
- Poseidon Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- mf34
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION;
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