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BUFFALO AFTERNOON
by Schaeffer, Susan Fromberg
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/About Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394571789
- ISBN 13
- 9780394571782
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/About Very Good. Schaeffer's eighth novel is the story of three generations of a blue collar Italian family from Brooklyn but especially its third generation son, Pete Bravado, who, desperate to get away from a father and family that lacks understanding, enlists in the Army and is plunged almost immediately into combat in Vietnam. Pete survives and returns home to an equally tough fight to survive post trauma stress disorder, which destroys his marriage, estranges his children and leaves him enraged but afraid of his own anger. The final scenes in this book, as Pete begins an anguished self-examination, are truly memorable. Text edges very slightly soiled, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. There are two tears on the folds of the dustjacket's back panel, with some associated creasing where the dj was damaged at some point by careless handling. The tears have been tape-repaired (on the verso) and are almost unnoticeable. Still a very decent copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004474
- Title
- BUFFALO AFTERNOON
- Author
- Schaeffer, Susan Fromberg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- About Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0394571789
- ISBN 13
- 9780394571782
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- MODERN NOVEL, FIRST EDITION, VIETNAM, WAR, PTSD, STRESS DISORDER,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Novel; War; Fine Literature;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise