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Girl with a Pearl Earring - 1st Edition/1st State
by Chevalier, Tracy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0002258900
- ISBN 13
- 9780002258906
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Harpercollins Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0002258900 . A beautiful first edition in the first state dust-wrapper (with spelling error "Pearl Earing") in Fine condition with slightly yellowed paged, SIGNED by author Tracy Chevalier on the title page. Scarce; Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings. "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is the story of 16-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius, even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil. Basis for the Academy Award nominated movie starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth; 8vo; [vi], 248, [2] pages; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14380
- Title
- Girl with a Pearl Earring - 1st Edition/1st State
- Author
- Chevalier, Tracy
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002258900
- ISBN 13
- 9780002258906
- Publisher
- Harpercollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Movie Movies Art Netherlands Fiction Artists, Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Movie Movies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Romance; Fiction / Historical Fiction; Legendary Books; Author Collections / Chevalier, Tracy; ABAA-VBF;
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
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- First State
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