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Burro Alley
by Corle, Edwin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1938. Edwin Corle (1906-1956) is noted for his strong, sympathetic writings set in California and the Southwest. Native Americans, such as in his masterwork "Fig Tree John," are often main characters. He has been compared to John Steinbeck. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition (stated First Printing) of a picaresque novel set in a tourist town. Reddish-brown cloth binding with a paper label on the spine. Clean text; 279 pages, with the top-edge stained black. The front cover has 2 very minot scuff marks, else a Fine copy. This copy has been stamped on the front cover in gilt with a (presumed) previous-owner name. The dustjacket is Very Good. Price-clipped, it shows some edgewear, with a diagonal chip at the head of the spine (which has darkened), a small chip on the rear cover, and two other closed tears. Still, the cover remains attractive, with the colors on the front cover still quite bright. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002742
- Title
- Burro Alley
- Author
- Corle, Edwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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