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THE FOLDING STAR (SIGNED to Full Title Page)
by Hollinghurst, Alan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679436057
- ISBN 13
- 9780679436058
- Seller
-
Monkton, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
HARDCOVER. SIGNED. THE FOLDING STAR by Alan Hollinghurst (1994). SIGNED by the author, Alan Hollinghurst, to the Full Title page. Like New condition Copy. This is a First Edition, First Printing copy, as stated on the copyright page. The dust jacket is in beautiful condition with only a very minor hint of shelf wear. Very, very slight edge bumping only; hardly noticeable. No tears, marks, creases, remainder marks, library markings, or black lines on the edges. Not inscribed to anyone. Not price clipped, Not a Book Club Edition (BCE), or signed on a bookplate. True Collectible Quality. First Edition, First Printing, hand SIGNED to full title page. No inscription; full signature only. From an event featuring Alan Hollinghurst and Aminatta Forna in New York City on March 29, 2018. BONUS: The complete eight-page program is included. The book will be carefully wrapped and mailed via USPS with free Delivery Confirmation. **** The Folding Star - Won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction and was a Finalist for the 1994 Booker Prize. Alan Hollinghurst is the author of the novels The Stranger's Child (2011), for which he was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize; The Swimming-Pool Library (1989), for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award; The Folding Star (1994), for which he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction; The Spell (1999), The Line of Beauty (2004), which won the Man Booker Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and The Sparsholt Affair, which was published March 13, 2018. He has received the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. ISBN: 978-0679-4360-58. BS12235.
Synopsis
The Folding Star is a 1994 novel by Alan Hollinghurst.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charm City Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BSXXXXXX
- Title
- THE FOLDING STAR (SIGNED to Full Title Page)
- Author
- Hollinghurst, Alan
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER w/ Dust Jacket Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679436057
- ISBN 13
- 9780679436058
- Publisher
- Pantheon; American ed. edition (October 4, 1994)
- Place of Publication
- UNITED STATES
- Date Published
- Oct 4, 1994
- Keywords
- GAY, LESBIAN, TRANSGENDER, GENRE FICTION, BRITISH & IRISH
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED BOOKS;
Terms of Sale
Charm City Books
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About the Seller
Charm City Books
Biblio member since 2004
Monkton, Maryland
About Charm City Books
I sell mostly Modern First Editions. Most of my inventory is Hand Signed First Edition/First Printing Hardcovers. I also carry a collection of Brand New & Like New, Signed and Unsigned Franklin Library & Easton Press Books. I will accept offers on any book I have. If your offer is accepted, you are committed to buy. I will then reduce the price of the item ON THIS SITE so you can purchase the item or book on this site using their check-out...
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