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My Home is Far Away
by Powell, Dawn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/good-
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1944. 313pgs. Gray boards, blue lettering. foxing to the endpapers. Upper corners lightly bumped, rubbing to edges.foxing to endpapers. Unclipped jacket has chips along the extremities, closed tear along the spine. Most precisely autobiographical of Powells fifteen novels. In this family chronicle set in early twentieth century Ohio, young Marcia Willard s family struggles to keep up with the rapidly changing times, and Marcia endures disillusionment, cruelty, and betrayal to forge a survivors sense of independence.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/good-. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025051
- Title
- My Home is Far Away
- Author
- Powell, Dawn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Novel First Edition Autobiography
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...