Fabricating Lives: Explorations in American Autobiography
by Herbert Leibowitz
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394574281
- ISBN 13
- 9780394574288
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc,, 1989. Book. Illus. by Photographs. Good. Hardcover. 5th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. G/G, used hc, xi-xxv, 386 pgs. Three quarter red paper over boards with silver text on white cloth around spine; slight shelf wear to head and tail of spine. Illustrated dust jacket with white text on upper, and black text on spine; minor edge wear, tape repair to tears at head of spine; yellow stain in center of lower; not price clipped. Gift inscription on ffep. Interior pages clean, unmarked, no highlighting or creases. Binding is tight..
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013574
- Title
- Fabricating Lives: Explorations in American Autobiography
- Author
- Herbert Leibowitz
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394574281
- ISBN 13
- 9780394574288
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc,
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Herbert Leibowitz, Self-Portraits, American's History, Autobiographies
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About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming
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