A Short Walk from the Station
by McGinley, Phyllis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Original tan cloth, printed dust jacket. Some spotting, browning and light wear, else a very good copy
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First edition. Illustrated by Roberta Macdonald. 1 vols. 8vo. Original tan cloth, printed dust jacket. Some spotting, browning and light wear, else a very good copy. First edition. Illustrated by Roberta Macdonald. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to Leonard Bacon. Inscribed by McGinley to the poet Leonard Bacon "With the hope that the verses in this book will bring no disgrace to the charming lines on the back jacket..." Bacon had contributed a short silly verse on Ms. McGinley which appears on the lower jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26800
- Title
- A Short Walk from the Station
- Author
- McGinley, Phyllis
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated by Roberta Macdonald. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original tan cloth, printed dust jacket. Some spotting, browning and light wear, else a very good copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- American
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