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Freddy and Fredericka
by Mark Helprin
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As new/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 1594200548
- ISBN 13
- 9781594200540
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Penguin Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. As new/near fine. An as new first edition, first printing with full number line.in an a near fine dust jacket. Jacket shows a scrape over last two letters in the word "novel." 553 pp., Octavo. Freddy and Fredericka are a British royal couple similar to Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales. The two are sent to America on a comic adventure to fulfill a quest to achieve Freddy's destiny. The novel was named by National Review to be one of the ten great conservative novels written by Americans since the 1950s. The New Yorker said "at its best, the novel achieves genuine lightness," and the New York Times found it "great silly fun—a rowdy, rambunctious read that's part acid farce, part bittersweet fairy tale," --- Revolvy
Synopsis
Educated at Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford, Mark Helprin served in the Israeli Army, Israeli Air Force, and British Merchant Navy. He is the author of, among other titles, A Dove of the East and Other Stories , Refiner's Fire , Ellis Island and Other Stories , Winter's Tale , A Soldier of the Great War , and Memoir from Antproof Case .
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 949
- Title
- Freddy and Fredericka
- Author
- Mark Helprin
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 cloth
- Book Condition
- New As new
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1594200548
- ISBN 13
- 9781594200540
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
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- Bestseller Firsts;
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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