Killick Stones: A Collection of Maine Island Writing
by George Putz (ed.)
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0942719050
- ISBN 13
- 9780942719055
- Seller
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, United States
Item Price
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About This Item
Island Institute, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/Good. 117 pages. Eleven stories and essays by 11 writers, with editor's introduction. Compiled by the editor and the Island Journal staff. Illustrations (b&w woodcuts or line drawings) by Bryan Wiggins. Smallish (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") paperback, white glossy wraps with black lettering, matte two-color dust jacket, coffee stain to both wraps and DJ at bottom edge and spot on back, DJ sunned on the spine, 1/2" tear at crown, scratch or crayon mark on front cover. Binding tight, pages bright and unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- Berthoff Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AEB-566
- Title
- Killick Stones: A Collection of Maine Island Writing
- Author
- George Putz (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0942719050
- ISBN 13
- 9780942719055
- Publisher
- Island Institute
- Place of Publication
- Rockland, Me
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- DOWN EAST, COASTAL MAINE, BRIAN WIGGINS, SHORT STORIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature; Anthologies;
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