FROM DEATH TO MORNING.
by Wolfe, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near very good
- Seller
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Loomis, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribners., 1935. Reprint.. Hardcover. Near very good. New York: Scribners, 1935. Reprint. This copy has 1935 on the title page, and the publishers seal on the copyright page; but lacks the copyright page A. With the first issue printing error: "rer" for "her" on page 59. Dark brown cloth with gilt lettering, top edges of pages stained orange. No dust jacket. Near very good. A small spot on the top edge of pages. A little fading and rubbing to the spine, a little darkening at the endpaper gutters. A few smudge marks on the half title and other pages. Bookplate. Hardcover
Synopsis
Wolfe's third published book, and his first of short stories, this collection contains his popular "Only the Dead Know Brooklyn," written in a Brooklyn dialect.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chloe s Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1924
- Title
- FROM DEATH TO MORNING.
- Author
- Wolfe, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near very good
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Publisher
- Scribners.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Fiction,
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Chloe s Books
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Loomis, California
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