A MAN IN FULL [Signed]
by Wolfe, Tom
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0374270325
- ISBN 13
- 9780374270322
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 742 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Blue-gray and white pictorial spine with red and black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$28.95." Rubbing with light chipping and tearing to edges and corners of dust jacket. Tearing to rear hinges. Mild scuffing to dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to edges and corners of boards. Light staining to edges of textblock. Previous owner's signature on title page. Signed flat by Wolfe on title page. Shelved in Hardcover Fiction. 1378005. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Synopsis
A Man in Full is a novel by Tom Wolfe, published in 1998 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. This 742-page satire portrays a high-flying real-estate mogul amid the intricate social dynamics of Atlanta, the vibrant capital of the New South, who is saved from a moral dilemma by the Stoicism of Epictetus. Part of the novel also takes place in Oakland, California. Most of the mainstream American newspapers and news magazines gave the book positive reviews.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1378005
- Title
- A MAN IN FULL [Signed]
- Author
- Wolfe, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374270325
- ISBN 13
- 9780374270322
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...