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Dead Letter - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Valin, Jonathan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0396079814
- ISBN 13
- 9780396079811
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0396079814 . A first Printing of the First Edition that is Fine and housed in an equally impressive dust-jacket; When nine-year-old Valin receives a mysterious package in the mail, he knows it's something special. His parents tell him it's from his great-grandma, who died a few years earlier. Valin's excitement turns to dread when he realizes the package contains a letter. His great-grandma had written to tell him that she's dead and to ask him to find her grave. Valin's parents explain that this is just a joke, but Valin can't stop thinking about it. He starts to worry that he's responsible for his great-grandma's death. Valin's worries deepen when he learns that his parents don't have the letter. Valin spends hours online trying to find the grave, but he never finds it. Eventually, Valin realizes that he needs to talk to someone about what's going on. He tells his best friend about the package and the letter, and they decide to go to the cemetery to look for the grave; 8vo; 248 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57200
- Title
- Dead Letter - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Valin, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0396079814
- ISBN 13
- 9780396079811
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
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