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The Paperboy
by DEXTER, Pete
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0679421750
- ISBN 13
- 9780679421757
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. 0679421750 . A stated first trade edition (following a special Franklin Library issuance) of author's novel, which is centered around a young reporter's investigation of the murder of a northern Florida sheriff. --- In dark blue paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with spine titling in gilt. Dust jacket with a tropical scene and photographic portrait of the author on front and back. --- A Near Fine copy but with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper and small remainder mark to lower textblock edge, else bright, newish and lacking damages. Unclipped jacket bright and undamaged.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 307 pages .
Synopsis
Pete Dexter is the author of the National Book Award–winning novel Paris Trout as well as Spooner, Paper Trails, God’s Pocket, Deadwood, Brotherly Love, and Train . He has been a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News and the Sacramento Bee, and has contributed to many magazines, including Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and Playboy . His screenplays include Rush and Mulholland Falls . Dexter was born in Michigan and raised in Georgia, Illinois, and eastern South Dakota. He lives on an island off the coast of Washington.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82028
- Title
- The Paperboy
- Author
- DEXTER, Pete
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679421750
- ISBN 13
- 9780679421757
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 0679421750
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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