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Almost Famous takes its place among the relatively few adult novels about professional baseball. The narrative is tough and unsentimental, the dialogue crisp and right-sounding...a dramatic and moving story. "Elegantly crafted, Small's first novel is a stunning debut." (Saturday Review)Author A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, David Small is the author of two other novels, The River in Winter and Alone, both published to critical acclaim.
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David Small author of the #1 New York Times best-selling Stitches, is the recipient of the Caldecott Medal, the Christopher Medal, and the E. B. White Award. He and his wife, the writer Sarah Stewart, live in Michigan.
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"Elegantly crafted, Small's first novel is a stunning debut." -- Saturday Review
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Almost Famous
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W. W. Norton & Company, U.S.A., 1982
ISBN 10: 0393015254
ISBN 13: 9780393015256
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Not ex-library; not remaindered. Very nice, clean copy. Near fine book: small amount of bumping to ends of spine; a couple of small dents in bottom of boards. Jacket very good: not price clipped, not faded, small amount of edge wear at ends of spine; one small closed tear. No writing or marking in book. Seller Inventory # 000279
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Almost famous
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFirst edition. Smudge mark foreedge, literary agent name label front endpaper else very good in very good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # bing84110659
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Almost Famous
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W W Norton & Co Ltd, New York, 1982
ISBN 10: 0393015254
ISBN 13: 9780393015256
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. White Cloth and Grey Board Covers; covers are lightly soiled mostly at edges; White Endpapers; free front and rear endpapers have a vertical section that is tanned; right book edge is rough-cut; book interior is clean and tight; 8vo; 416 pages; dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is clean and bright; dustjjacket's only defect is that the upper right front corner has a tiny chip. Seller Inventory # 961500523
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Almost Famous
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Norton, New York, 1982
ISBN 10: 0393015254
ISBN 13: 9780393015256
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in lightly worn, very near fine dust jacket. Talented Red Sox farm hand has it all until tragedy intervenes. *McCue* p.103. Seller Inventory # 584541
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ALMOST FAMOUS
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W. W. Norton, New York NY, 1982
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Seller: Gibson's Books, New Hope, AL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. DJ has light water stain at bottom edge. ; SIGNED by author. ; 416 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 40823
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Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: FINE. First printing. The author's very highly praised first novel. At 21 Ward Sullivan seemed to have it all, as a star player on the Boston Red Sox farm team - then tragedy intervened and he found himself just another ex-jock. Twelve years later, he is just beginning to learn how to come to terms with this. INSCRIBED on the title page to Larry Owens, the noted Oklahoma book collector. 416 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 80845
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 416 pages. Almost Famous takes its place among the relatively few adult novels about pro fessional baseball.The narrative is tough and unsentimental, the dialogue cris p and right-sounding.a dramatic and moving story. Chicago Sun-Times Elegantly crafted, Small's first novel is a stunning debut.Saturday Review. Seller Inventory # 1335k
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