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The Fat Man in History, and Other Stories (Signed)
by CAREY, Peter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394510720
- ISBN 13
- 9780394510729
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY: Random House, 1980. Only flaw is a short diagonal crease to front flap of dust jacket. Publisher's device on bottom edge of pages. Overall, a tight, clean copy of the author's first book. Carey won the Booker Prize for Oscar and Lucinda. 186 pp. Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page. . Signed by Author. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012113
- Title
- The Fat Man in History, and Other Stories (Signed)
- Author
- CAREY, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394510720
- ISBN 13
- 9780394510729
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Short Stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories;
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Springtown, Pennsylvania
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...