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My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop.
by Rice, Ronald (editor); Parsons, Leif (illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1579129102
- ISBN 13
- 9781579129101
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2012. Reprint ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), cloth spine, black & white drawings, untrimmed fore-edge, minor edgewear jacket. 378 pp. In this heartfelt, and sometimes humorous ode to bookstores and booksellers, 84 well-known American writers give tribute to the real physical bookstores they love and sometimes call their second home. There are contributions from some famous authors in this funny, and well-thought-out book. The collection of essays is a joyful celebration of the importance of reading and having a happy place for the books.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40287
- Title
- My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop.
- Author
- Rice, Ronald (editor); Parsons, Leif (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1579129102
- ISBN 13
- 9781579129101
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- communication, books, bookstores, writing, authors, writers, united states
- Bookseller catalogs
- LANGUAGE & BOOKS;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...