A Civil Action
by Harr, Jonathan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1995. Nice copy in its first printing. First edition stated on copyright page with number line beginning with a 2. Tight, square copy. Basis for excellent film that starred John Travolta and Robert Duval. IN mylar. . First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
For the film starring John Travolta, see A Civil Action (film) A Civil Action is a 1996 non-fiction novel by Jonathan Harr depicting the real-life water contamination case in Woburn, Massachusetts in the 1980s. The book became a best-seller and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. The case is Anderson v. Cryovac. The first reported decision in the case is at 96 F.R.D. 431 (denial of defendants' motion to dismiss).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005562
- Title
- A Civil Action
- Author
- Harr, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Books Into Film;
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.