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Duplicate Keys
by Smiley, Jane
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394530659
- ISBN 13
- 9780394530659
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed on the title page. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($14.95), bumped at the edges. Quarter red cloth with grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a light pink top stain, clean internally. Smiley's third novel, one that "explores the secret undercurrents" of big-city life.
Synopsis
Jane Smiley is the Pulitzer Prize—winning author of A Thousand Acres and more than ten other works of fiction, including Horse Heaven , Moo , and The Greenlanders . In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in northern California.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10216
- Title
- Duplicate Keys
- Author
- Smiley, Jane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394530659
- ISBN 13
- 9780394530659
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- 20th Century Fiction, American Literature, Modern Literature
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Fine
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