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Through Elegant Eyes: Available Copies
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Through Elegant Eyes Stories of Austro and Men Who Know Everything by R. A. Lafferty
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage (Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $60.00
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $60.00
Dust jacket missing. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. *** Limited, Signed Copy by R.A. Lafferty. *** Pages are clean. Binding is tight. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.35
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Seller: Page 1 Books - Special Collection Room (Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $70.00
Shipping: $5.00
TOTAL Cost: $75.00
No. 331 of 970 limited First Edition copies SIGNED by Lafferty on tipped in page; First Edition October 1983 stated on copyright page. 8vo, brick red cloth, no dj as issued; vg+ (very light bumping to spine ends); 238pp.
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Seller: R&R Better Books (Martinez, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $80.00
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TOTAL Cost: $80.00
* SIGNED by author on second fly page, no inscription, numbered copy #628 in author's hand.* Stated First Edition.* Book cover near new, slight wear at end caps, gilt lettering on spine gently worn - pages clean, bright and unmarked; small spot on inside cover/fly page spine like new.* No dust jacket issued with this book.* Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library.* "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."Short story collection. Through Elegant Eyes: Stories of Austro and the Men Who Know Everything [only 1000 copies printed]
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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979 (ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $87.00
Shipping: $12.50
TOTAL Cost: $99.50
THROUGH ELEGANT EYES, Corroboree Press, 1983, first edition, fine without dust-wrapper as issued. 1/1,000 copies SIGNED by the author. Illustrated in black & white as well as 3 full color, full page tipped-in plates by Joe Staton. From the collection of esteemed Canadian fandom member Michael Glicksohn.
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Seller: DreamHaven Books (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $100.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $106.00
Collection of related stories. Austro and the Men Who Knew Everything. One of 1000 copies SIGNED by the author. Illustrated by Joe Staton in B&W and color tipped in plates. Fine w/o jacket as issued. (Buy from the original publisher - ME!)
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Seller: Heartwood Books and Art (Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $100.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $107.00
Through Elegant Eyes by R.A. Lafferty (First Edition) LTD Signed Firm square copy. Previous owner's stamp on inner front cover. No jacket, as issued. A signed Limited First Edition copy of R.A. Lafferty's collection of 15 Barnaby Sheen stories, including the first appearance of "What Big Tears the Dinosaur's". Includes three color plates, Frontis, and in-text line drawings in black and white by Joe Staton. Signed and numbered by R.A. Lafferty on front flyleaf. This is signed copy #304 of 1,000 copies.
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Seller: DreamHaven Books (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $175.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $181.00
"Stories of Austro and the Men Who Know Everything". Collection of related stories. Illustrated by Joe Staton in b&w and color tipped-in plates. Specially bound (faux-leather) copies, limited to about 25 copies for contributors and SIGNED by Lafferty and Staton. Fine.
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