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Californians: Searching for the Golden State
by Houston, James D. [Wallace Stegner]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394505581
- ISBN 13
- 9780394505589
- Seller
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Houston in year of publication: With best wishes to Gabrielle Morris. Because you love California! James D Houston, Dec 15, 1982. The intrigue with this copy, however, is that its jacket is signed by Wallace Stegner at his blurb on the rear jacket flap ("It would pay America to read this lively and perceptive account of what is happening on its western edge," the blurb reads, in part). This unlikely addition likely makes it a one-of-a-kind copy. The book is in very good condition because of some noticeable foxing to the upper edge of the text block and its corner; the jacket is likewise very good. Still, a unique item for a Stegner junky.
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- Bookseller
- Rural Hours (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1593576352697
- Title
- Californians: Searching for the Golden State
- Author
- Houston, James D. [Wallace Stegner]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394505581
- ISBN 13
- 9780394505589
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
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About Rural Hours
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- Inscribed
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- Text Block
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- Jacket
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