White and red boards with silver writing on spine; no bumps, chips, but slight shelf wear on bottom of dust jacket spine. Tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.

William Morrow First Edition, Second Printing as indicated by number line on copyright page starting with 2.

Cover price of $16.95 and ISBN on front flap of dust jacket. Chabon's very first novel, originally written as his Master's thesis. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

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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: Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: CHA001
Title: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Author: Michael Chabon
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition; Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0688076327
ISBN 13: 9780688076320
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1988
Pages: 297
Keywords: chabon; mysteries; pittsburgh
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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