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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
by [Larry McMurtry] Raymond Carver
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Light shelfwear, color faded around edges, gilt lightly rubbed at head of spine, textblock rippled on lower edge near spine with
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Light shelfwear, color faded around edges, gilt lightly rubbed at head of spine, textblock rippled on lower edge near spine with very minor corresponding edge wear to pages; dust jacket with light edge wear, spine lightly faded. Very good. LMM-214.
Raymond Carver. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First edition.
Octavo. 159 pages. Publisher's blue paper covered boards over dark blue cloth with lettering to front board and spine in gilt, in unclipped dust jacket with listing price $9.95.
From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 214
- Title
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
- Author
- [Larry McMurtry] Raymond Carver
- Book Condition
- Used - Light shelfwear, color faded around edges, gilt lightly rubbed at head of spine, textblock rippled on lower edge near spine with
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Fiction, Short Stories
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
InkQ Rare Books LLC
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Addison, Texas
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