- First Edition
- Signed
- Used
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since October 29, 2009
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 100.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
New York: Delacorte Press, 1971. First US Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 255,[1]pp. Publisher's price-clipped illustrated dust jacket with author photo to back panel. Boards quarter bound in olive cloth and black paper. Blue endsheets. Jacket generally scuffed and rubbed with spine sunned and margins toned. Spine ends and joint ends bumped. Verso joints and spine toned. Board corners and spine ends bumped with minor bumping to margins. Book block pulling away from top of spine and binding cocked but firm. Endsheets faded at margins but pages clean. A Very Good or better copy in like dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Settle at half title page. The novel "describes girlhood stripped to its nerves, the ridiculous and agonizing stages by which an independent spirit grows truly taller than its mentors.".
Seller Inventory # 31413
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Clam Shell [Signed and Inscribed]
- Author
- Mary Lee Settle
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press, New York
- Publication year
- 1971
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Dust jacket
- Very Good +
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction, First Editions
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 10 business days | 2 to 4 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 4.50 | US$ 10.99 |
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Store description
We are a neighborhood independent bookstore in Washington, D.C.'s Capitol Hill neighborhood, across from Eastern Market.
Specialty
Modern and First Editions, Used & Rare Books, Military HistoryAssociation member
Seller's business information
Hecatomb Holdings, LLC
657 C Street, SE
Washington, DC U.S.A. 20003
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