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Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
- Bookseller: HappyHippy7
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 0710300003
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 1888363819
- ISBN 13: 9781888363814
- Publisher: Seven Stories Press
- Date published: 1998-11
Description
Seven Stories Press, 1998-11. Hardcover. Very Good. COLLECTIBLE! 1st Edition (Stated), 1st Printing (w/full number line) 1998 Seven Stories Press (NY) HARDBACK; text clean/UNMARKED; color cover surface near mint/edge wear w/no tears or nicks; price unclipped; spine strong; NOT x-library; No remainder mark; Not book club; 366 pages; prologue; 3 parts/21 chapters; epilogue; wrap-around color jacket design by Annette Flaster w/front cover images: Young Girl by Corbis, Adult Woman by Frank Marchese, Stars by Kazuaki Iwasaki; sequel to Parable of the Sower; "she is 1 of those rare authors who pays serious attention to the way human beings actually work together + against each other,+ does so w/extraordinary plausibility"--Locus; gift quality collectible copy of 9-year-old out-of-print hardback.
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