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WALKING THE DEAD DIAMOND RIVER.
by Hoagland, Edward
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, (1973)., (1973).. Fair. SIGNED BY EDWARD HOAGLAND - Octavo, green boards backed with dark green cloth in a dust wrapper. There is yellow staining to the bottom edge of the front cover and to the top & bottom edges of the rear cover. There is staining to the tail of the dust jacket's spine & to the edges of both its panels along the spine. The jacket is stained green internally. Half-title, title, [3] leaves, 340 & [1 ] pages. The edges of the book are foxed. There is a small area of green staining to the top end of each hinge. Good reading copy.
First edition.
Signed in full by Edward Hoagland on the front endpaper.
Essays by an author who divides his time between Manhattan's West Village and exploring the New England wilderness while living on a broken-down farm in Vermont, twenty miles from the Canadian border.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95951
- Title
- WALKING THE DEAD DIAMOND RIVER.
- Author
- Hoagland, Edward
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Random House, (1973).
- Date Published
- (1973).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AMERICANA; ESSAYS; NEW YORK STATE; MANHATTAN; WEST VILLAGE; NEW ENGLAND WILDERNESS; VERMONT FARM. WALKING THE DEAD DIAMOND RIVER; EDWARD HOAGLAND; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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