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Elephant Bangs Train: Available Copies

Author's 1st adult title & 2nd book, a short story collection. Top of page block is slightly age toned with a closed 1/2" tear to top of rear DJ - o/wise clean, tight, complete, no writing, not price clipped. 148 pp. Presents as carefully read. Mylar protected.Bookseller Invt. # C00100122F.

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Dust jacket has shelfwear and is slightly yellowed at top; sticker residue on inner front flap and back flap creased; remnant of pencil pricing on top right corner of ffep; book very slightly warped; light stain to top edge; otherwise clean and sound. Proceeds from this sale benefit the Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon. This is not an ex-library book.

Dust jacket is in Good condition being lightly bumped at the top and bottom of the spine and is bumped at the back top edge with a small tear. Bottom page edges have a red stamp of a house. Book pages are clean with no marks,

Very good stiff glossy paper wraps; light rubbing along edges. Binding tight; contents clean and unmarked. 4th printing. 148pp. Pages lightly browning from age.

Light sunning to covers, slight bumping. Pages clean and binding sound.

Signed by Author. Very good stiff glossy paper wraps; light rubbing along edges. Binding tight; contents clean and unmarked except for author's signature on 1/2 title page. 148pp. Foxing top page edge. 2nd printing. Scuff mark on front cover. Light tide lines on 1st 2 pages; foxing top page edge.

148 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

USED book in GOOD condition. Great binding, pages and cover show normal signs of wear from use.

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2nd printing of this edition - fep missing, spine creases, rubbing to spine and corners - free of all markings - clean and clear 148 pg

Hardcover first edition in very good condition with a mylar wrapped dust jacket.

First printing. Good plus/VG minus. Moderate wear to book and jacket, pages lightly yellowed with a few nicked and creased edges.

Has the '2' in a number line. A clean, unclipped copy in a Brodart cover.

Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very fine copy in like jacket. Price clipped jacket.

A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy.

173 pages.

Clean stated First Printing in clean original unclipped dust jacket. Clean ivory cloth boards with black decoration on cover and spine, red and black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean - no names, writing or marks. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.

DJ some rubbing to front/rear panels, light edgewear along foot of spine, orange lettering on spine faded to yellow. Overall a tight solid sound copy with DJ protected in mylar. ; 8vo, light gray illustrated cloth, unclipped DJ, 148pp. Includes review slip and photo of Author laid in.

This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine lettering. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. The dustjacket is As New. Original Price is intact. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's second book, a collection of sixteen short stories. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#31769)

1971, 2nd ptg. (Cloth) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 148pp. Former owner's name.

Sixteen stories, the author's first book. Fine in dustwrapper a little rubbed on the rear panel.

Beige cloth hardback with black illustration on front and spine; blue and red print on spine. Page edges a bit dirty. Pages tight; clean/unmarked. Slight musty smell to book. 148 pages. Price in pencil on ffep. ExLibris book mark with imprinted name stuck to ffep.Author signature on title page. Stated First Printing. DJ not price clipped ($5.95); in mylar. Minor bumping, general shelf wear to DJ (probably closer to Very Good condition than stated Good). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Faber 1971 First Edition in the UK First Printing ? Bruised at top and base of spine a touch of shelf-wear on lower board edges and page edges lightly age-darkened else Fine book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. '''. a remarkable series of short stories. His imaginative command of character and atmosphere is astonishing. a deprecating humour and sly, appealing humility. His world is peopled with legendary figures from all times and places. ''

A bright first edition, second impression of the first printing of this short story anthology by William Kotzwinkle. A fantastic work by William Kotzwinkle, containing a collection of short stories which outline the author's incredible mind and imagination. A great read as an introduction to Kotzwinkle's style of writing. The first edition, first printing, second impression of this work.Complete with unclipped dust wrapper.By American novelist and children's author William Kotzwinkle, best known for his novelDoctor Ratand for the novelisation of the famous screenplay forE.T. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, spine and boards only lightly bumped to head and tail and extremities. Dust wrapper unclipped and very smart with minor shelf wear, lightly soiled to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine

1971, 1st edition. (Cloth) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 148pp. SIGNED and inscribed.

Octavo, 148 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Aged white spine with blue and orange lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is clipped, has mild shelving wear, stains throughout, and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild age-toning along the head and tail edges, stains throughout, and bending wear along the spine. Textblock has mild wear along the front end-page, mild wear along the edges, stains along the edges, and mild age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by William Kotzwinkle on the title page. Shelved Room C. 1391175. Special Collections.