A State of Independence
by Phillips, Caryl
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0374269769
- ISBN 13
- 9780374269760
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0374269769 . INSCRIBED by author on full title page, "Berkley, March 26th 1993 For Rolland, Best wishes, Caryl Phillips." First American Edition. "When Bertram Francis returns to his native St. Kitts after a twenty-year sojourn in England, the mangy, flamboyant island that greets him is astonishingly unchanged." Ships same or next business day. Slight slant to spine. Minor edge wear. Tiny bumps on spine ends. Overall, pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear. Slightly yellowed on flaps. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 158 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75490
- Title
- A State of Independence
- Author
- Phillips, Caryl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374269769
- ISBN 13
- 9780374269760
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- 0374269769
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