Ulverton
by Thorpe, Adam
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0374280312
- ISBN 13
- 9780374280314
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0374280312 . INSCRIBED by author on full title page, "To Rolland L. Comstock With my best wishes - Adam Thorpe. Monoblet June '94." "At the heart of this extraordinary novel lies the fictional village of Ulverton on the Wessex Downs of England: the fixed point in the book's 300-year cycle of history, both its backdrop and its central character." Ships same or next business day. Book is bumped on corners, small bumps on spine ends, light soiling on tail edge; overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear, faint crease on spine tail, lightly tanned on spine and head edge of flaps. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 390 pages; Signed by Inscribed by Author(s) .
Synopsis
ADAM THORPE was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton , was published in 1992, and he has published two books of stories and six poetry collections -- most recently Voluntary . His new translation of Madame Bovary has just been published. He lives in France with his wife and family.
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2462
- Title
- Ulverton
- Author
- Thorpe, Adam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374280312
- ISBN 13
- 9780374280314
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- 0374280312
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