The Walnut Door
by John Hersey
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394417429
- ISBN 13
- 9780394417424
- Seller
-
Roseburg, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Linen white cloth covered boards with blindstamp of author's initials on front cover, gilt lettering on spine.
Non-blemished hardcover with no condition issues.
DJ is not price clipped and shows mild agetoning. Otherwise, no condition issues.
A young woman, leaving her college life behind her to live in a strange city and a young man of the 60's, a craftsman woodworker who offers security, (Locks and doors) meet and have a love affair. The choregraphy of that affair, masterminded by one, unsuspected by the other- are hypnotically told in a novel that illumines the fearful and fear makers of our times.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bonnie Lane Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01-12-2024-04
- Title
- The Walnut Door
- Author
- John Hersey
- Format/Binding
- Tight
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394417429
- ISBN 13
- 9780394417424
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Pages
- 238
- Size
- 8 1/2" x 5 3/4"
- Keywords
- Fiction, American Authors, Pulitzer Prize winner 1945
Terms of Sale
Bonnie Lane Books
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