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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (Signed First Edition)
by CHABON, Michael
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0393028542
- ISBN 13
- 9780393028546
- Seller
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Wadsworth, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Morrow, 1988. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 297 pages. The first book, a well received novel, from the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay." The basis for a movie that starred Peter Sarsgaard, Sienna Miller and Nick Nolte. A fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a fine dust jacket. Signed and nicely inscribed by Chabon on the title page in the year of publication.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 194007
- Title
- The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (Signed First Edition)
- Author
- CHABON, Michael
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393028542
- ISBN 13
- 9780393028546
- Publisher
- Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Mystery
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About the Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2008
Wadsworth, Illinois
About Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
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