CHRISTMAS STORY
de Mencken, H. L
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- Librería
-
Creswell, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Crawford, Bill. STATED FIRST EDITION. Very mild edgewear to extremities. Dustjacket very good. Fold flaps tanned. One very tiny closed tear to front upper edge of pictorial jacket (second state, with Mencken's face and glasses complete). Gilt lettering debossed to periwinkle-blue, cloth-covered boards. A 2.75 x 2.75" color paste-on illustration to front board. Pictorial endpapers. Color and black and white illustrations. Clean, tight, bright. 32 pp. According to the author, this is "a Christmas story to surpass, transcend and put an end to all other Christmas stories." (front flap). There is a little "psychology, sociology, theology (both moral and dogmatic), ethics, aesthetics, economics, penology, psychiatry and sex appeal" all rolled into this poignant little story.
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Detalles
- Librería
- The Sensible Magpie
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1200
- Título
- CHRISTMAS STORY
- Autor
- Mencken, H. L
- Ilustrador
- Crawford, Bill
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Plus
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1946
- Palabras clave
- American humor, Christmas humor, satire humor
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The Sensible Magpie has no established storefront; she is MAIL ORDER ONLY. Once payment is received and processed, item(s) will be shipped out promptly.
PAYPAL ACCEPTED and ENCOURAGED!!
Orders will be filled and shipped out on as soon as they are processed, within two days of accepting order, generally. If you have need of quicker delivery, please call directly: (541) 942-6479, between 8am and 8pm, Pacific Standard Time.
Media and Priority Rates include standard USPS tracking numbers, which I will include once processed.
Postage rates for within the U.S. will cover up to five pounds.
If your order is heavier or oversized, we may contact you noting extra charges are required.
Delivery confirmation available upon request.
UPS and FEDEX Expedited Services available if requested and will be rated accordingly.
We pack well! We want your order to arrive in the same manner as it left us. 30 Day return if your book is not as described, with full refund including original shipping costs.
Customer information kept confidential. Used ONLY for the purpose of fulfilling orders. NEVER sold or soliticited to by any other party.
Miss Magpie humbly thanks you for your interest!
"My head was a magpie's nest
lined with such bright scraps
of information."
~Alice Munro
Sobre el vendedor
The Sensible Magpie
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Creswell, Oregon
Sobre The Sensible Magpie
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