Captain Maximus

Bookseller

Better Read Than Dead (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

2328

Title

Captain Maximus

Author

Barry Hannah

Format/Binding

Hardcover octavo in dust jacket. Purple paper-covered boards backed with red cloth and lettering stamped in silver to front and

Book Condition

Used - Near Fine in about Near Fine unclipped jacket, soft vertical crease along edge of front flap.

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First Edition

Binding

Hardcover

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Place of Publication

New York

Date Published

1985

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Cloth

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Fine

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Octavo

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