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Collected Stories (Signed)
by CAREY, Peter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0571175856
- ISBN 13
- 9780571175857
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, Incorporated, 1995. Tight, clean copy of the first edition of this book of short stories by the two-time Booker Prize winning author. Signed on a bookplate affixed to the title page. 353 pp. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Synopsis
Peter Carey was born in 1943 in Australia and now lives in New York. He is the author of the highly acclaimed selection of short stories, The Fat Man in History and of six novels - Bliss, Illywhacker (shortlisted for the Booker Prize), Oscar and Lucinda (winner of the Booker Prize), The Tax Inspector, The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith and Jack Maggs (winner of The Commonwealth Writers' Prize).
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0913456
- Title
- Collected Stories (Signed)
- Author
- CAREY, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571175856
- ISBN 13
- 9780571175857
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- FICTION_SHORT STORIES (single author)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; Short Stories;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
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- Bookplate
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