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LEAP YEAR
by Cameron, Peter
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1990. First printing. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition of Cameron's comic novel set in '80s New York City, originally written and published in weekly installments for the magazine 7 DAYS IN 1988 (a leap year). 9'' x 6''. Original quarter white cloth with speckled green boards. In original unclipped ($18.95) dust jacket by Laura Smith. 245, [1] pages. Signed by Cameron on title page. Minor edgewear, slight soil to boards and jacket.
Synopsis
Peter Cameron is the author of Andorra, The Weekend , and the short story collections One Way or Another and Far-Flung , the best stories of which are collected in The Half You Don?t Know (all available in Plume editions). His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Grand Street , and The Paris Review . He also works for the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund. He makes his home in New York City.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50647
- Title
- LEAP YEAR
- Author
- Cameron, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- 20th century,US American,Humor / Satire
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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Glossary
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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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- Cloth
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