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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
by Chabon, Michael
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0340423463
- ISBN 13
- 9780340423462
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK edition, first printing a true first with no statement of reprint on the copyright page. Unclipped jacket in near fine condition. Light toning to pages, light marks to text block, no remainder marks. Signed by Michael Chabon to the title page..
Synopsis
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a 1988 novel by American author Michael Chabon. The story is a coming-of-age tale set during the early 1980s in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was Chabon's first novel, which he began writing when he was a twenty-one-year-old undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh.
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- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007469
- Title
- The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
- Author
- Chabon, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0340423463
- ISBN 13
- 9780340423462
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH,CHABON, MICHAEL ,SIGNED
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