The Road to Miltown or, Under the Spreading Atrophy
by Perelman, S. J
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. ix, [1], 273 p.; 21 cm. White cloth spine with silver spine title; red paper over boards with facsimile author's signature in blue on front. Top page edges red. No dust jacket. A collection of short humorous pieces by S. J. Perelman, many of which first appeared in The New Yorker. In Very Good Condition: spine is sunned; slight ding in lower edge of back cover; clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008832
- Title
- The Road to Miltown or, Under the Spreading Atrophy
- Author
- Perelman, S. J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor; Fiction;
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Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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