Hammertown Tales
by MASTERS, Hilary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Winston-Salem, NC: Stuart Wright, 1986. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth, dust jacket. 128pp. Very good/very good. Discreet ex-library, with almost no markings, mainly a stamp on top page edges. First edition of this short story collection, a clean, tight copy. "Compliments of the Author" card tipped to the front flyleaf and a "Gift from the Civil War Round Table of New York" bookplate tipped opposite the half-title page.
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Details
- Seller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2779
- Title
- Hammertown Tales
- Author
- MASTERS, Hilary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Stuart Wright
- Place of Publication
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Date Published
- 1986
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.
About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been serving book lovers, collectors and institutions since 1991. Our inventory of quality out-of-print books spans 50 subjects, while the extensive autograph holdings have a decidedly historical bent, reflecting personages from every field of human endeavor.
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- Tight
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