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The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty - FIRST PRINTING
by Welty, Eudora - RARE UK FIRST EDITION
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0714527289
- ISBN 13
- 9780714527284
- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Marion Boyars, London, 1981 Unread looking first printing, although it looks slightly shelf worn. Vellum coloured paper mounted over cover boards with a gilt floral device, and a burgundy cloth quarter binding spine stamped in gilt. The unclipped jacket is protected and perfect. This English issue was produced in America for Marion Boyars, so it is close to identical with the American issue. 622pp. The British hardback edition had a tiny print run, largely absorbed into the public library system. This copy is one of the few to escape that fate. It is a fabulous summing up of this wonderful writer's complete short story collection. Loosely enclosed is a beautiful review by Barry Unsworth. There is a discrete blind stamp and a neat name of a former owner on the half title. A handsome and very substantial book. Heavy, will need extra postage for an overseas order. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1282233685
- Title
- The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty - FIRST PRINTING
- Author
- Welty, Eudora - RARE UK FIRST EDITION
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0714527289
- ISBN 13
- 9780714527284
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars, London
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- AMERICAN FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY
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- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Spine
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- Jacket
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