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Travels with Charley: In Search of America
by John Steinbeck
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good+
- Seller
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Roseburg, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
White linen cloth hardcover boards with brown blind stamp of Charley on the front cover, black and brown lettering on spine. Pictorial endpapers by Don Freeman. Sightly bumped corners and one archival tape trait to back of FFE and Title page. Otherwise, binding tight and text clean. No other marks or defects noted.
DJ has open tear to top of front cover, closed tear and one one tear to rear jacket flap. Some age toning and chipping along edge margins. DJ is price clipped.
This was John Steinbeck's last book, he won the Nobel prize for Literature in the years of its publication in 1962.
Mylar protected.
Synopsis
Travels with Charley: In Search of America is a travelogue by American author John Steinbeck. It documents the road trip he took with his French standard poodle Charley around the United States, in 1960. He wrote that he was moved by a desire to see his country on a personal level, since he made his living writing about it.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bonnie Lane Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 02-01-2023-02
- Title
- Travels with Charley
- Author
- John Steinbeck
- Format/Binding
- Tight
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Fifth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 246
- Size
- 8 5/8" x 5 5/8"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Nobel Prie Winners, Classic American Authors
Terms of Sale
Bonnie Lane Books
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About the Seller
Bonnie Lane Books
Biblio member since 2022
Roseburg, Oregon
About Bonnie Lane Books
online book business specializing in First Editions, Native American literature, Poetry, and American History, BonnieLaneBooks is a husband and wife part-nership. We love books and respect our book-loving community. All images are photos of the exact book you will receive. We never use stock photos. We pride ourselves on truthful and complete descriptions of condition and conduct thorough research on edition. Our prices are competitive, with same day shipping on most orders. All books are mylar covered and are shipped in careful protective wrapping. Prompt e-mail communication with us is our standard. Thank you.
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- Chipping
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