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The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket: A Novel
by John Weir
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060161620
- ISBN 13
- 9780060161620
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1st printing of 1st edition; signed by author. Light gray boards backed with red cloth, silver titles on spine; black end papers. Near Fine hardcover in Very Good DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; very slight fading along cover edges; tightly bound; inscribed on half title '3 April 1990 | To Tom - | Tom, I'm not very | good at inscriptions, alas. | But you're a gem. | Thanks for your help | with the mess of my | taxes. | Hugs and kisses, | John Weir'; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is clean and complete; faintly scuffed with 3 inch thin indentation scrape on front cover at fore edge; some age darkening on fold-in flaps at edges.. 8vo, 277 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19083
- Title
- The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket: A Novel
- Author
- John Weir
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060161620
- ISBN 13
- 9780060161620
- Publisher
- Harpercollins
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- GAY, LITERATURE, REALTIONSHIPS, LGBQT, NEW YORK, MANHATTAN, AIDS, SEVENTIES, EIGHTIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Fine
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- Flap(s)
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