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LIFE OF PI
by Martel, Yann
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151008116
- ISBN 13
- 9780151008117
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2001. 319 pages in excellent condition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Illustrated endpapers. Quarter bound with blue cloth over green boards. Gilt titles on the spine. Corners not bumped. Illustrated dust jacket with white titles. Two upper corners show the very slightest of wear. Not price clipped. Very fine copy. FINE/NEAR FINE. Signed by Author. First U. S.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.
Synopsis
Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel written by Canadian author Yann Martel. In the story, the protagonist Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives227 days after a shipwreck, while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean. The novel was first published by Knopf Canada in September 2001, and the UK edition won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction the following year.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 207320
- Title
- LIFE OF PI
- Author
- Martel, Yann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First U. S.
- ISBN 10
- 0151008116
- ISBN 13
- 9780151008117
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Signed, First Edition, Booker Prize, Man Booker Prize
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
About J. Wyatt Books
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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