THE HILLS BEYOND
by WOLFE, Thomas
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper, 1941. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 386. Blue cloth, stamped in green and gilt. Edges littsle soiled, cover slightly scuffed at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy. Short stories.
Synopsis
The third and last book posthumously culled from the mountains of manuscripts Thomas Wolfe left behind when he died at the age of 37. It includes short stories and ten chapters from a longer piece of fiction, some of the work considered to be his best and most mature work. This work includes a Note of Thomas Wolfe by Edward C. Aswell, Wolfe's last editor who published three of his books after Wolfe's death.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46333
- Title
- THE HILLS BEYOND
- Author
- WOLFE, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1941
Terms of Sale
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Books returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
Second Life Books Inc
Biblio member since 2008
Lanesborough, Massachusetts
About Second Life Books Inc
Established on 1972, we sell used and rare books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc. of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Booksellers .
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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- VG
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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