Artificial Things: The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things; The Poplar Street Study; Face Value; Dragon's Head; The War of the Roses; Contention; Recalling Cinderella; Other Planes; The Gate of Ghosts; The Bog People; Wild Boys: Variations on a Theme; The
by Fowler, Karen Joy
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 055326219X
- ISBN 13
- 9780553262193
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About This Item
Spectra, 1986. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Third Printing. Science fiction paperback book, 3rd printing 12/92, Condition is very good. Has creases on spine, on hinge of front back cover, crease across tip of corner of front back cover, corners bumped, some edge wear, stamp - writing on first page. Pages tight and clean with heavy browning inside front and back cover, aging to pages, cover bright and glossy, a nice looking book.........WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK........CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS MUST INCLUDE SALES TAX...............We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books, please contact us for more iinformation**...... SUMMARY - Signed by Author on title page (see scan) "For John - my old buddy - from Karen Joy Fowler 1993" - this remarkable collection includes thirteen of the author's most acclaimed stories, including "Praxis" about a theater where the real and unreal collide; "the Poplar Street Study", a darkly comic account of an alien invasion; and "The Gate of Ghosts". a poignant story of a child's journey to a strange and deadly world....
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- Bookseller
- Mirror Image Book (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Artificial Things: The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things; The Poplar Street Study; Face Value; Dragon's Head; The War of the Roses; Contention; Recalling Cinderella; Other Planes; The Gate of Ghosts; The Bog People; Wild Boys: Variations on a Theme; The
- Author
- Fowler, Karen Joy
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Third Printing
- ISBN 10
- 055326219X
- ISBN 13
- 9780553262193
- Publisher
- Spectra
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- SCIENCE FICTION ALIEN INVASION STRANGE WORLD
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fction/ Fantasy; Fiction; Signed By Author, Illustrator;
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