The Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read
by Kelly, Stuart
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400062977
- ISBN 13
- 9781400062973
- Seller
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Evanston, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Random House. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A curious work from an author who's earliest years saw him becoming a completist collector of assorted types of books. This volume offers brief essays on known authors and their works that did NOT survive. The book moves chronologically from antiquity through the 20th century author George Perec. First printing, VG with a fair amount of neatly penciled underlining, in an unclipped VG jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003783
- Title
- The Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read
- Author
- Kelly, Stuart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1400062977
- ISBN 13
- 9781400062973
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2006-04-18
- Pages
- 336
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"- 9&fr
- Bookseller catalogs
- Interesting & Odd; Books About Books and Authors; Literary Criticism;
- X weight
- 0 lbs
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About the Seller
Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books
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Evanston, Illinois
About Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books
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