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The Country Ahead Of Us, The Country Behind.
by GUTERSON, David
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060160977
- ISBN 13
- 9780060160975
- Seller
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1989. Signed by the author on the half-title page and dated in the month of publication: 7 . 9 . 89. First edition / First printing. Ivory cloth spine, gold paper-covered boards. Very fine in fine dust jacket. A lovely copy!. The author's first book.
Synopsis
David Guterson is the author of a collection of short stories, The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind; Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense; Snow Falling on Cedars , which won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award, the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association Award, and was an international bestseller; and the national bestseller East of the Mountains .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Orpheus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13997-3
- Title
- The Country Ahead Of Us, The Country Behind.
- Author
- GUTERSON, David
- Format/Binding
- Ivory cloth spine, gold paper-covered boards.
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition / First printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060160977
- ISBN 13
- 9780060160975
- Publisher
- Harper & Row,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1989.
- Pages
- 162 pages.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Orpheus Books
Biblio member since 2004
Edmonds, Washington
About Orpheus Books
We specialize exclusively in First Edition/First Printing books. Our best books are rated very fine and we are most conservative in our grading. We take pride in maintaining a significant selection of fine books. Your trust is of great importance to us and everything we sell is guaranteed. Archival dust jacket covers are provided with all hardcover books.
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