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The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (1st US ed. 1995)
by Peter Carey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679438882
- ISBN 13
- 9780679438885
- Seller
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Spine and top front dustjacket ever so slightly sunned. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Australia; Australian Literature; ISBN: 0679438882. ISBN/EAN: 9780679438885. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 1586. . 9780679438885
Synopsis
Peter Carey is the author of seven novels including the Booker Prize-winning Oscar and Lucinda . He has also written a book of short stories ( The Fat Man in History ) and a children’s book ( The Big Bazoohley ). Born in Australia in 1943, he has lived in New York City for ten years, with his wife and their two sons.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1586
- Title
- The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (1st US ed. 1995)
- Author
- Peter Carey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679438882
- ISBN 13
- 9780679438885
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- BZDB1 Fiction; Australia; Australian Literature; ISBN: 0679438882 EAN: 9780679438885 Peter Carey The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (1st US ed. 1995)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Biblio member since 2004
Katoomba, New South Wales
About Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Mr Pickwick's occupies a large, 3-storey former Bank building in the heart of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. We carry over 60,000 books in store, and cater to both the specialist collector trade as well as the general book trade in this region. Mr Pickwick's is one of the most comprehensive bookshops in Australia, and also operates an extensive Bookfinder service for its several thousand database clients.
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- Tight
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- Sunned
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