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The Vampire Lestat by Rice, Anne
- Bookseller: A Good Read
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 26413
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fine
- Jacket condition: Very Good +
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0394534433
- ISBN 13: 9780394534435
- Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
- Place: Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date published: 1985
- Size: 6.75 x 9.5 x 1.5 inches
- Weight: 1.85 pounds
Description
Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1985 D/j has light rubbing and some yellowing to to edge. Small scratch to d/j at mid-spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
Book summary
Lestat, who made Louis into a vampire in INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, awakens from an ancient sleep and finds himself in the 1980s. Resourceful, enamored of glamour, he becomes a rock star. The novel traces the vampire legend from its origins in ancient Egypt its through European permutations and, eventually, to America.
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