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Author |
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Publisher/Description |
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| 0023 |
Abbott, Edwin A. |
Flatland: A Romance
of Many Dimensions (Illus). |
Emerson 1982, 123pp, vy fine |
6.50 |
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Edwin Abbott's fanciful tale of a Square -- a two-dimensional being who is whisked away by a mysterious visitor to The Land of Three Dimensions -- an experience that forever alters his worldview. |
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Also, see Sphereland |
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| 0044 |
Ackroyd, Peter |
First Light |
Grove Weidenfeld 1989, 1st ed US, 328pp, vy fine |
6.00 |
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First Light is a pastoral novel of the late twentieth century, in which Peter Ackroyd meditates upon the nature of history, the problem of time and the true qualities of the English landscape. It is a novel in which comedy aligns with lyricism and in which the most illuminating speculations fit easily in the context of rural life. Author's third novel. |
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| 0158 |
Adams, Richard |
The Girl in a Swing |
Signet (NAL) 1981, PB, 11th pr, 372pp, vy good |
1.25 |
| 0145 |
Adams, Richard |
Maia |
Signet (NAL) 1986, PB, 1st pr, 1223pp, vy good |
1.50 |
| 0658 |
Adams, Richard |
The Plague Dogs |
Knopf 1978, 1st ed US, 390pp, top edge of bindg vy sl sun faded, dj price clippd & worn at edges w/sm cellophane-repaired tear at top front + few other sm nicks & tears at edges, else vy good |
5.00 |
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Richard Adams' telling tale about two dogs abused in scientific experiments, who escape into the English countryside and make a deal with a fox to learn to survive on their own... but end up being hunted by the populace when it appears they might carry bubonic plague. |
| 0104 |
Adams, Richard |
Shardik |
Avon 1982, PB, 13th pr, 620pp, vy fine |
1.25 |
| 0159 |
Adams, Richard |
Watership Down |
Macmillan 1972, BC, 429pp, spine edges bumped, dj price clippd w/2 minor chips rear flap fold, else nr fine |
3.50 |
| 0146 |
Adams, Richard |
Watership Down |
Avon 1975, PB, 1st pr, 478pp, vy good |
1.25 |
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Other titles by Richard Adams |
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| 0436 |
Agee, James |
A Death in the Family |
McDowell 1985, BC (reprint of 1955 ed), 339pp, vy fine |
5.00 |
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James Agee's posthumously-published autobiographical masterpiece. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize (1958). |
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| 0438 |
Anderson, Jessica |
Tirra Lirra by the River |
Penguin 1984, QP, 1st pr (reprint of 1978 ed), RM, 141pp, book sellr's stkr back cvr, vy sl yellowg along top pg edges, else nr fine |
1.50 |
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"For Nora Porteous, life is a series of escapes. To escape her tightly knit small-town family, she marries, only to find herself confined again, this time in a stifling Sydney suburb with a selfish, sanctimonious husband. With courage born of desperation and sustained by a spirited sense of humour, Nora travels to London, and it is there that she becomes the woman she wants to be. Or does she?" Winner of the prestigious Miles Franklin award (Australia). |
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| 0442 |
Arenas, Reinaldo |
Farewell to the Sea:
A Novel of Cuba
(Tr. by Andrew Hurley) |
Viking 1986, 1st ed US, 413pp, vy fine |
6.00 |
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Reinaldo Arenas' book is the third and central volume of five book sequence. The first version of this book disappeared in Havana in 1969, the second was confiscated in Havana in 1971. The author has had to rewrite book twice from memory. The present version was smuggled out of Havana in 1974. |
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| 0443 |
Arenas, Reinaldo |
Singing from the Well
(Tr. by Andrew Hurley) |
Viking 1987, 1st ed US, in mylar cvr, 206pp, top edge of bindg sl sun faded, else fine |
5.00 |
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The author "uses the emotionally charged rage of childhood to express the horrors and the hopes of the revolutionary spirit raised against authority and oppression." The most widely read post-revolutionary Cuban writer, Reinaldo Arenas is not as well known within his native country due to suppression of his writings. This is his first novel. |
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| 0445 |
Arlt, Roberto |
The Seven Madmen
(Tr. by Naomi Lindstrom) |
Godine 1984, 1st ed US, 272pp, vy fine |
6.50 |
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Remo Erdosain, a bill collector, has embezzled six hundred pesos and six centavos. On the same day he is found out his wife leaves him. Demoralized he falls in with a revolutionary plot led by the Astrologer, a wierd and muddled fanatic. An Argentinian writer (1900-1942), Roberto Arlt wrote four novels while working as a columnist for El Mundo. They were not well received in his day, but in the 70s and 80s his work began to be re-published in Argentina, and translated into anthologies here. |
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| 0446 |
Arrabal, Fernando |
The Compass Stone |
Grove Press 1987, 1st ed US, 165pp, vy fine |
5.00 |
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A narrative counterpart to Arrabal's 'Theater of Panic' written in the form of memoir by a unnamed 20 year old female narrator; a disturbed woman who lives in a greenhouse. She chronicles her acts of bondage and sadism in almost a clinical, aloof manner. The disturbing acts of violence are juxtiposed to her quiet, meticulous observations of insect life within the confines of greenhouse. This is a wickedly powerful novel of love and hate, good and evil and damnation and redemption. Fernando Arrabal is a well known dramatist and this is his 2nd novel published in English. |
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| 0672 |
Atwood, Margaret |
Cat's Eye |
Doubleday 1989, 1st ed, dj frayed at edges, else good |
2.50 |
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"The story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an artist, and a woman--but above all she must seek release from her haunting memories. Disturbing, hilarious, and compassionate, Cat's Eye is a breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life." |
| 0033 |
Atwood, Margaret |
The Handmaid's Tale |
Houghton Mifflin 1986, 2nd pr, 311pp, vy sl discoloration on dj spine, else vy fine |
4.50 |
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In elegant prose, Margaret Atwood has written a funny, horrifying satire that describes a new world order. "The Handmaid's Tale is 'A Clockwork Orange' as seen by women. The book is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning." |
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| 0062 |
Auel, Jean M. |
The Clan of the Cave Bear |
Crown 1980, 12th pr, 468pp, vy fine |
7.50 |
| 0063 |
Auel, Jean M. |
The Mammoth Hunters |
Crown 1985, 1st ed, 645pp, vy fine |
9.50 |
| 0064 |
Auel, Jean M. |
The Plains of Passage |
Crown 1990, BC, 760pp, vy fine |
5.00 |
| 0065 |
Auel, Jean M. |
The Valley of Horses |
Crown 1982, 19th pr, 502pp, vy fine |
7.50 |
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Title |
Publisher/Description |
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| 0303 |
Bach, Richard |
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Illus) |
Macmillan 1970, 10th pr, 93pp, sl paste wrinkle back ep, vy sl fading top edge of bindg, 10mm dj tear top front, some rubbing fr/bk of dj, else nr fine |
5.00 |
| 0302 |
Bach, Richard |
One |
Morrow 1988, 1st ed, 284pp, vy fine |
9.50 |
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Additional titles by this author |
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| 0493 |
Ballard, J.G. |
Empire of the Sun |
Simon & Schuster 1984, 1st ed US, RM, 279pp, vy fine |
5.00 |
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Fictionalized story of Ballard's growing up in the Japanese internment camps in and around Shanghei during World War II. Shortlisted for the Booker Award. |
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| 0661 |
Banville, John |
Doctor Copernicus |
Godine 1984, QP, 1st pr, 5½x8¼" 242pp, fine+ |
3.50 |
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John Banville's novel powerfully evoking the work of the genius, Nicolaus Copernicus, who shattered the medieval view of the universe. |
| 0662 |
Banville, John |
Kepler |
Godine 1983, 1st ed US, 192pp, dj a liitle worn at spine edges w/sm tears top front 5mm, and btm rear 10mm, else fine |
9.50 |
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John Banville's historical novel that recreates the life and world of the great astronomer. Winner of the 1981 Guardian Prize for Fiction. |
| 0663 |
Banville, John |
Mefisto |
Godine 1989, 1st ed US, 234pp, vy fine |
9.50 |
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The Faust story retold by one of Ireland's leading writers; a most sophisticated inquiry into the nature of intellectual passion. |
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| 0510 |
Barker, Clive |
Weaveworld |
Poseidon 1987, 1st ed, 584pp, vy sl fadg at top/btm spine edges, dj sl wrnkd top spine, else fine+ |
7.50 |
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Clive Barker's tale of a world woven into a rug, the world of the Seerkind, more ancient than man. As the rug is unwoven we travel deep into the glorious raptures of the Weaveworld before we witness the final cataclysmic struggle for its possession." |
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| 0511 |
Barnes, Julian |
Flaubert's Parrot |
McGraw-Hill 1985, PB, 1st pr, 216pp, fine |
1.75 |
| 0512 |
Barnes, Julian |
Staring at the Sun |
Knopf 1986, 1st ed, 197pp, sl smudging rear dj w/ 5mm dj tear btm rear edge, else vy fine |
9.50 |
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| 0038 |
Barthelme, Donald |
Paradise |
Putnam 1986, 1st ed, 208pp, vy minor wrinkle top dj spine, else vy fine |
8.50 |
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| 0090 |
Batchelor, John Calvin |
The Further Adventures
of Halley's Comet |
Congen & Lattès 1980, QP, 6x9", 1st pr, 508pp, bindg sl bumpd frm orig packg, else fine+ |
3.50 |
| 0091 |
Batchelor, John Calvin |
American Falls |
Norton 1985, 1st ed, 570pp, sl scuffg rear brd, else vy fine |
6.50 |
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| 0664 |
Beagle, Peter S. |
The Folk of the Air |
Del Rey/Ballantine 1986, 1st ed, 330pp, dj has knife score along spine w/50mm tear at top, else fine+ |
8.50 |
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Peter Beagle's fantasy novel involving a League for Archaic Pleasures, a group that play-acted the manners and events of medieval chivalry - sometimes too seriously. |
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| 0035 |
Beattie, Ann |
Love Always |
Random Hse 1985, later printg, 247pp, bk seller's sticker remnant inside fr cvr, else vy fine |
5.00 |
| 0036 |
Beattie, Ann |
Where You'll Find Me |
Linden Press (S&S) 1986, 1st ed, RM, 191pp, dj price clippd, else vy fine |
7.50 |
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| 0488 |
Bell, Madison Smartt |
Zero dB and Other Stories |
Ticknor & Fields 1987, 1st ed, RM, in mylar cvr, 179pp, sl edge wear at top/btm dj spine, else fine+ |
5.00 |
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In the first section of this book, Madison Smartt Bell turns his highly tuned ear to the inflections and rhythms of the Southland in which he was raised. In the second, he trains his cool eye on those parts of New York where tourists fear to tread, on the low joints and blind alleys of the soft underbelly of the big city. Finally, in a display of great versatility, he takes a singular view of the events that conspired to produce the infamous Battle of the Little Bighorn. This is the author's fourth book, and first collection of stories. |
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| 0160 |
Benford, Gregory |
Artifact |
TOR 1985, 1st ed, 533pp, spine edges & top corners sl bumped, front free endpaper corner clipped, dj sl worn at edges, else vy good+ |
5.00 |
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Gregory Benford's explosive tale of a near future thriller about a recently unearthed tomb, and strange and weird events that ensue. |
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| 0573 |
Berry, Wendell |
Remembering |
North Point Press 1988, appears as 1st ed, 5¼ x 8¼", 124pp, vy fine |
9.50 |
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"In this exquisitely crafted novel, Wendell Berry writes about how the acceptance of our 'membership' - our land, our family, our ancestry - allows us to return to a place of integrity from which we are capable of making choices, of fulfilling our best intentions." |
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| 0284 |
Blake, Michael |
Dances With Wolves |
Fawcett 1990, PB, 5th pr, 313pp, vy good |
1.25 |
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| 0682 |
Boccaccio, Giovanni |
Decameron |
Univ Calif 1982, 1st ed thus, in SC (no dj as issued), 949pp total 3 vols, vy fine |
47.50 |
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The John Payne translation, Revised and Annotated by Charles S. Singleton. Three volume set in buff cloth boards with red panels on the spine and gilt lettering. Buff heavyweight slipcase with red panel on spine, gilt lettering. Printed on heavy, high-quality paper stock. |
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| 0039 |
Boll, Heinrich |
The Bread of those Early Years
(Tr. by Leila Vennewitz) |
McGraw-Hill 1976, 134pp, 2nd pr, in mylar cvr, dj price clippd, else nr fine |
5.00 |
| 0040 |
Boll, Heinrich |
The Safety Net
(Tr. by Leila Vennewitz) |
Knopf 1982, 1st ed US tr, in mylar cvr, 314pp, nr fine |
5.00 |
| 0041 |
Boll, Heinrich |
The Stories of Heinrich Böll
(Tr. by Leila Vennewitz) |
Knopf 1986, 1st ed, 686pp, 5mm cloth tear btm spine, dj chippd 5x20mm btm spine, else nr fine |
6.50 |
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| 0666 |
Bosworth, David |
From My Father, Singing |
Pushcart Press 1986, appears as 1st ed, 120pp, vy fine |
3.50 |
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A young man down on his luck returns to the Maine town of his boyhood searching for the soul of his dead father. David Bosworth's first novel. Winner of the 1986 Editor's Book Award. |
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| 0428 |
Bowen, Peter |
Yellowstone Kelly, Gentleman and Scout
(Author's first novel) |
Jameson Books 1987, 1st ed, 282pp, vy sl toning at dj edges, else vy fine |
35.00 |
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A scarce first novel of a trilogy which follows the often hilarious adventures of Luther "Yellowstone" Kelly, in the U.S. Indian Wars and as a participant in the defence of Rorke's Drift in the Zulu War of 1879 in South Africa. |
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| 0429 |
Boyd, William |
On the Yankee Station
(Short Stories) |
Wm Morrow 1982, 1st ed, 217pp, vy sl toning along top dj edge, else vy fine |
6.50 |
| 0430 |
Boyd, William |
Stars and Bars |
Wm Morrow 1984, 1st ed US, in mylar cvr, 334pp, nr fine |
5.00 |
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| 0489 |
Brantenberg, Gerd |
Egalia's Daughters
(Tr. by Louis Mackay) |
Seal Press 1985, QP, 1st pr, 269pp, 5½ x8½", vy fine |
3.50 |
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"In the land of Egalia, the rules of society are different. Here, the it's the wim who wield the power, control the government and the economy... while the menwim stay at home minding the children and curling their beard bows. Everyone knows that menwim are simply inferior to wim -- it's the way of nature." A view of society with the sex roles reversed, "..reminiscent of Orwell's and Huxley's dystopian novels... a well-written contribution to the sex-role debate...". |
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| 0574 |
Buechner, Frederick |
Godric |
Harper & Row 1983, QP, 4th pr, 178pp, 5¼ x 7¾", vy sl toning at pg edges, else fine |
3.00 |
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"Retells the life of Godric of Fenchale, a 12th century English holy man whose projects late in life included that of purifying his moral ambition of pride." Godric, the author's 10th novel, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1981. An extrordinary work; Frederick Buechner writes with a poet's sensibility. |
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| 0494 |
Bunyan, John |
The Pilgrim's Progress (Illus) |
Winston 1933, ed not stated, 338pp, considerable dj edgewear w/several tears + 2 sm chips top spine, all 4 dj corners clippd, else good |
3.50 |
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The original, unabridged text of John Bunyan's classic allegory of the Christian life. First published in 1678. |
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| 0660 |
Burger, Dionys |
Sphereland: A Fantasy About Curved Spaces and an Expanding Universe (Illus)
(Tr by Cornelie J. Rheinboldt) |
Harper & Row/Perennial 1983, QP, 4th pr, 5¼ x8", 208pp, natural crease on spine (bindery flaw), else fine |
3.50 |
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"A delightful fantasy by distinguished Dutch mathematician, Dionys Burger, that both entertains and instructs in the multidimensional geometries of curved space and the expanding universe. Written in 1960 as a sequel to Edwin Abbott's Victorian satire, Flatland." Foreward by Isaac Asimov. |
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Also, see Flatland |
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| 0490 |
Burnett, Francis Hodgson |
The Secret Garden
(Illus. by Tasha Tudor) |
Lippincott 1962, no dj, 256pp, boards vy sl bowed, prev ownr's name under "white out" on frnt fep, else vy good |
5.00 |
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's timeless classic originally published in 1911. Children of all ages can experience the wonder of one girl's joyous discovery of friendship and hope. |
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| 0265 |
Burroughs, Edgar Rice |
At the Earth's Core |
Ace n.d., PB, orig F-156 ed, ca.early 1960s (undated), 40c covr price, 4¼ x6½", 147pp, spine not creasd, brwng at pg edges, else nr fine |
3.50 |
| 0266 |
Burroughs, Edgar Rice |
The Lost Continent
(Orig title: Beyond Thirty) |
Ace n.d., PB, orig F-235 ed, ca.early 1960s (undated), 40c covr price, 4¼ x6½", 123pp, spine not creasd, brwng at pg edges, else vy good |
3.50 |
| 0267 |
Burroughs, Edgar Rice |
The Monster Men |
Ace n.d., PB, orig F-182 ed, ca.early 1960s (undated), 40c covr price, 4¼ x6½", 159pp, spine not creasd, brwng at pg edges, else vy good+ |
3.50 |
| 0268 |
Burroughs, Edgar Rice |
Pellucidar |
Ace n.d., PB, orig F-158 ed, ca.early 1960s (undated), 40c covr price, 4¼ x6½", 160pp, spine not creasd, brwng at pg edges, else nr fine |
3.50 |
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| 0495 |
Busch, Frederick |
Too Late American Boyhood Blues (Stories) |
Godine 1984, 1st ed, 275pp, rear fep attchd to rear past-down by btm fold (bindery fault), else vy fine |
5.00 |
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