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Descent from Xanadu - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Robbins, Harold
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0671416332
- ISBN 13
- 9780671416331
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0671416332 . A Near Fine first printing of the first edition with some soiling to the boards in a Very Good dust-jacket that has some chipping and fraying around the edges; In this book, Harold Robbins tells the story of an American family who move to the fictional country of Xanadu and quickly become bored with the sameness of their lives. To spice things up, they decide to adopt a Russian baby, only to have their new addition turn out to be a wild child. The family's struggles to keep the child in line are a humorous and entertaining addition to the story.; 8vo; 335 pages; MR, Price check? .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54600
- Title
- Descent from Xanadu - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Robbins, Harold
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671416332
- ISBN 13
- 9780671416331
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...