House of Heroes and Other Stories
by La Chapelle, Mary
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517567822
- ISBN 13
- 9780517567821
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: Crown Publishers, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. A collection of short stories by the winner of the Pen/Nelson Algren Award, set in the Great Lakes Region, of church bazaars and fish frys, bittersweet tales that celebrate a vanishing small-town way of life and the silent strength of people facing great odds. Bound in red half cloth with black title, yellow cloth-wrapped boards, very clean and unmarked with slight wear to bottom edges, else fine. Internals are as new. Clean and bright white Jacket with red and black titles has slight wrinkling around spine ends, not price-clipped. 242 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Crown Publishers, New York,1988.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015472
- Title
- House of Heroes and Other Stories
- Author
- La Chapelle, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517567822
- ISBN 13
- 9780517567821
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- GREAT LAKES REGION SMALL TOWN LIFE
- X weight
- 0 oz
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