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Life A User's Manual
by Georges Perec
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0879237007
- ISBN 13
- 9780879237004
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About This Item
Godine, Boston, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. PEREC, GEORGES. Life, A User's Manual, Boston: David R. Godine, 1987. Octavo, first English language edition, first American edition, pp. (xvii), 581, quarter-bound in black cloth over gray paper-covered boards, fine copy in near-fine dust jacket. Translated from French by David Bellos. Condition of this book: Near fine dust jacket shows light wear, no tears. All else fine. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). (xvii), 581. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; France; 1980s; Fiction. ISBN: 0879237007. ISBN/EAN: 9780879237004. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50603. . 9780879237004
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50603
- Title
- Life A User's Manual
- Author
- Georges Perec
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0879237007
- ISBN 13
- 9780879237004
- Publisher
- Godine
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Oulipo movement modern French literature Literature & Literary; France; 1980s; Fiction. ISBN: 0879237007 EAN: 9780879237004 Georges Perec Life A User's Manual
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