Green Water, Green Sky
by Mavis Gallant
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, mildly rubbed, soiled, and edgeworn.
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover [octavo] in illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth board with green lettering and decorative blocking. 154 pp. Very Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, mildly rubbed, soiled, and edgeworn.. Jacket by Mary Jane Gorton. Attractive first printing of Gallant's second book and first novel, a medium she scarcely worked in, much preferring the short story format for which she is best known.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1443
- Title
- Green Water, Green Sky
- Author
- Mavis Gallant
- Illustrator
- Jacket by Mary Jane Gorton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover [octavo] in illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth board with green lettering and decorative blocking. 154 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, mildly rubbed, soiled, and edgeworn.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1959
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
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Ridgewood, New York
About Better Read Than Dead
Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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