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Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance - a novel
by Powers, Richard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0688042015
- ISBN 13
- 9780688042011
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Beech Tree Books / William Morrow, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo. ii + 352 pp, 27 titled chapters - a novel. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, and well-preserved, text block white with tiny spot (1/16") at very bottom foreedge, rust brown cloth backed & pale gray paper covered boards, sliver spine letters, crisp - Near Fine, pale gray DJ unclipped, with some light wear to top/tail spine edges, and fr forecorners. 6.5" x 9.5" quarter-bound cloth & papered boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007697
- Title
- Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance - a novel
- Author
- Powers, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0688042015
- ISBN 13
- 9780688042011
- Publisher
- Beech Tree Books / William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Richard Powers - USA b. 1957, novelist
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Large Octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Edges
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- Octavo
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- Crisp
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- Text Block
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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