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The Treacle Story Series Volume 1
by Ahern, Tom; Brondoli, Michael; Shreeve, James; Waldrop, Keith
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0914232142
- ISBN 13
- 9780914232148
- Seller
-
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Treacle Press, 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Unpaginated. Black cloth with gold titling to spine, pictorial white dust jacket printed in black, blue, and brick red. Jacket very lightly chipped at spine head, otherwise fine. Boards clean, like new. Previous owner's name in black ink to ffep. Laid in at front is small (4 x 5.25 inch) stapled publisher's catalogue with order blank, few pages torn at upper corner. Text block is clean, practically as new. Containing four short stories, each by a different author, three of which are signed on the title page: "A Movie Starring the Late Cary Grant &c." by Tom Ahearn, signed in bold blue ink; "Smithburg" by Michael Brondoli (not signed); "The Sex Token," by James Shreeve, also in blue and inscribed "to Alfred + Jessann;" and "Wind Scales" by Keith Waldrop, signed lightly in black ink. Of 250 clothbound copies, this is number 7.
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Details
- Bookseller
- small volume
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 564
- Title
- The Treacle Story Series Volume 1
- Author
- Ahern, Tom; Brondoli, Michael; Shreeve, James; Waldrop, Keith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0914232142
- ISBN 13
- 9780914232148
- Publisher
- Treacle Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- signed, poetry, small press, waldrop, limited, collectible
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Providence, Rhode Island
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Small Volume is based out of Providence, RI. We buy + sell old, rare, odd, unusual, and otherwise collectible books + ephemera.
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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