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by Kosinski, Jerzy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312597835
- ISBN 13
- 9780312597832
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed on the half-title page by Kosinski to Time editor Martha Duffy and her husband, with a signed business card stapled to the verso of the front endpaper, and signed again by Kosinski on the title page. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($8.95), generally toned, lightly rubbed at the edges. Black buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Kosinski's novel of the globetrotting George Levanter, who "finds himself enmeshed with heads of state, petty bureaucrats, industrial tycoons, sex scavengers, renowned scientists, jet-setters, and national heroes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3595
- Title
- Blind Date
- Author
- Kosinski, Jerzy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312597835
- ISBN 13
- 9780312597832
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Modern Literature, Thriller
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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