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Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood
by Simon, Kate
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670192392
- ISBN 13
- 9780670192397
- Seller
-
New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Viking, 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. Sturdy book, brown cloth spine, black boards, bright gilt lettering on spine, dark rose color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 179 pages. DJ glossy dark brown background, a family snapshot in gold and white frame at front right, white and gold lettering, praise at center back in gold frame from J.H. Plumb. DJ has very light wear to top tips, micronick at top front edge, very tiny tear with slight wear near bottom front tip. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
Synopsis
"As an account of growing up female, it is a fit companion piece to Mary McCarthy's classic Memoirs of a Catholic Girlhood ."Le Anne Schreiber, The New York Times .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01638
- Title
- Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood
- Author
- Simon, Kate
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670192392
- ISBN 13
- 9780670192397
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Autobiography Jew
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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