Continental Drift Tapa dura - 1978

Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Used library withdrawal with some scuff mark to the page edge. The page edge is stamped and the book would look alot cleaner if you pull of the plastic, protective covering. The dust jacket is fine under there. Card pocket pasted in the front cover page. Acceptable.. Hardcover. Acceptable.

New York, NY Knopf, 1978. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Very Good in Very Good DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of moderate use; some very faint foxing to both. Book shows light wear to extremities; slight spine lean; faint rubbing and soiling; binding remains secure; text clean. DJ shows similar rubbing and soiling; price intact. Remains a clean, sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 337pp. Hardback with DJ. The San Andreas Fault is both a real and a metaphorical player in this novel of northern California in the early 70s. Set on a ranch near Monterey Bay, it explores relationships in a family jarred by the return of a son from Vietnam, almost whole but shaken and confused. His return coincides with a series of bizarre killings that panic the community--a reminder that in the legendary land of promise abundant possibilities and agents of destruction live side by side.

Random House Children's Books. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Hardcover. Good.

Alfred Knopf, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. Larger, sturdy book, cream cloth spine, red boards, red lettering very fine on spine, 337 pages. Remainder mark at pages' bottom edge. DJ glossy cream background beneath mylar, a color-illustration of wilderness at center front, a photograph of the authoron most of back. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1978.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Novel of a family living on the remains on an old apple farm near the California coast, and near the San Andreas fault. SIGNED on the title page and dated in Sacramento in 1997. 337 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Light fading on top edges of pages, else near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with lightly age-toned edges, spine slightly sunned. Affectionately Inscribed to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco by the author. A novel.