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The Country of Marriage
by Wendell Berry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Scarce copy of The Country of Marriage by master Wendell Berry, this is his fifth book of poetry, assuming second printing,, letter line BCDE on copyright page, 53 pages Book is better than Very Good Plus, corners tiny bit of wear, a trace, light erased pencil ghost of first free page, No previous owner bookplate pr writing, very clean teal cloth with silver title to spine, 7.5 inches in height by 4.25 inches in width. Jacket is better than Very Good Plus, original price intact, some light toning on upper edges, little wear with tiny tear to rear panel bottom edge. in new mylar sleeve. ME. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003544
- Title
- The Country of Marriage
- Author
- Wendell Berry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Wendell Berry, Poetry
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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