Boomerang

Bookseller

Better Read Than Dead (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

2325

Title

Boomerang

Author

Barry Hannah

Illustrator

Jacket designed by Fred Marcellino

Format/Binding

Hardcover octavo in original dust jacket. Green paper covered boards over black cloth, stamped to front and spine in gilt. 150pp

Book Condition

Used - Near Fine in a like jacket.

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First edition

Binding

Hardcover

ISBN 10

0395488826

ISBN 13

9780395488829

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence

Place of Publication

Boston

Date Published

1989

Keywords

Barry Hannah, Boomerang

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Title Page

A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...

Gilt

The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...

Jacket

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First Edition

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Octavo

Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...

Cloth

"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...

Fine

A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...

Spine

The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....