Joy Is an Inside Job
by Blanding, Don
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1953. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. The noted Hawaiian poet here combines verse & prose in an exploration of life's spiritual values & how to journey to one's own "joy age,'' whatever age you are now. In 159 pages with pen-and-ink illustrations by the author throughout. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1953, this hardcover 8vo has dark blue cloth-covered boards with elaborate gilt decoration to front & lettering to spine. NO DJ on this copy (please see our other listings for both jacked & signed copies).Condition is Good+: completely clean & unmarked inside, pages creamy white with mild tanning, binding strong & straight. Exterior shows rubbing to extremities & front joint, with mild fraying to corners & both ends of spine. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023496
- Title
- Joy Is an Inside Job
- Author
- Blanding, Don
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- POETRY HAWAII HAWAIIAN VERSE INSPIRATION HAPPINESS HAPPY SELF-HELP ALOHA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories; Hawaiiana/Other Islands;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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