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The Big Rock Candy Mountain. Signed copy.
by STEGNER, Wallace, with illustrations by Charles Reid
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. "This limited edition ... has been privately printed and individually signed by the author." Octavo (9.75" x 6.75"), [17] & 6 - 733 pages (as issued), with numerous full page illustrations by Charles Reid. Publisher's full brown/ brick leather, the spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, elaborately lettered & decorated in gilt. All edges gilt, ribbon marker sewn in, moire fabric endpapers.
A Fine & apparently unread copy.
A nice copy of Stegner's semi autobiographical novel originally published in 1943.
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1520
- Title
- The Big Rock Candy Mountain. Signed copy.
- Author
- STEGNER, Wallace, with illustrations by Charles Reid
- Format/Binding
- Fine Binding
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1978
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature, Fiction, Wallace Stegner, Signed, Franklin Library, Fine Binding
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature, Fiction, Poetry; Fine Binding; Signed;
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