STOP-TIME
by Conroy, Frank
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good-
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1967. "Beach Stop-time is a memoir of boyhood and adolscence, it deals with family conflict, friendship and love, the paralysis of terror, pride in new powers - all the commonplaces of reminiscence. But this is the story of a young life told with such freedom and skill, peopled by characters so rich, that it transcends conventional categories and makes an exhilarating claim for greatness." 304 pp. Brown paper covers with black cloth spine, gilt title lettering on spine. DJ in G-/G condition with chipping, tears and wear to edges and corners, tear to front joint that extends to spine, back of cover is soiled and dirty, bottom spine end is quite torn and dirty, front flap is not price-clipped. Cover corners are bumped, edges slightly rubbed, spine ends are bumped and bent. Red top page edge, long page edge is foxed and uncut. Interior tight, clean. Book in VG condition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good-. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". Fiction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007354
- Title
- STOP-TIME
- Author
- Conroy, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Famous Author, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Famous Authors;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2"
Terms of Sale
Bee Creek Books
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About the Seller
Bee Creek Books
Biblio member since 2010
Princeton, New Jersey
About Bee Creek Books
Welcome to Bee Creek Books! We specialize in rare and out of print books in a variety of subjects (fiction to fishing, the arts to agriculture), old government documents, rare periodicals, vintage journals, no longer printed reports and quarterlies, classic maps and charts, photos, and much more!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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