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First edition

Paper Lion

George Plimpton
Harper & Row, 1966. First edition, first printing.
$30One copy · this copy

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Book
Very Good
Jacket
Very Good
Jacket note
The dust jacket grades Very Good.
Our ref
RCB-85ce35ec2e8d
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-85ce35ec2e8d · 7 photographs of this copy
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First published by Harper & Row, New York, Evanston, and London, 1966
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Copyright page reads COPYRIGHT © 1965, 1966 BY GEORGE PLIMPTON
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 64-20541
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Harper letter code CC-R at foot of copyright page (Harper used codes, not number lines, in this era)
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Dust jacket front flap priced $5.95 (argues against a book club copy)
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Flaws, each one named
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Toning/tanning to page-block edges and endpapers
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Toning to jacket flaps
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Light edge/corner wear to dust jacket
This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: Harper & Row, New York, 1966, cloth in dust jacket

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.