Foreign Affairs
by Lurie, Alison
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good: slight lean, mildly soiled rear pastedown, else clean, tight./very good: shelf wear, NOT clipped ($15.95)
- ISBN 10
- 039454076X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394540764
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Random House, 1984. first trade edition. hardcover. very good: slight lean, mildly soiled rear pastedown, else clean, tight./very good: shelf wear, NOT clipped ($15.95). 8vo 291pp. first edition thus. from rear cover: "I am convinced that Alison Lurie's fiction will long outlast that of many currently more fashionable names. There is no American writer I have read with more constant pleasure and sympathy over the years. Foreign Affairs earns the same shelf as Henry James and Edith Wharton." --John Fowles. #00741.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 658
- Title
- Foreign Affairs
- Author
- Lurie, Alison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good: slight lean, mildly soiled rear pastedown, else clean, tight.
- Jacket Condition
- very good: shelf wear, NOT clipped ($15.95)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first trade edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 039454076X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394540764
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- fiction, first edition
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.