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The Pugilist at Rest.
by JONES, Thom
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0316473022
- ISBN 13
- 9780316473026
- Seller
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1993. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, gray paper-covered boards. Fine in very fine dust jacket. Slight fading to top and bottom of the gray boards, as is usual for this title. Author's first book. O. Henry Award Winner, National Book Award Nominee.
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On Apr 24 2021, a reader said:
The late Thom Jones’s first and best collection of short stories. One of those books that makes you an evangelist for it
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Details
- Bookseller
- Orpheus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18044
- Title
- The Pugilist at Rest.
- Author
- JONES, Thom
- Format/Binding
- Black paper spine, gray paper-covered boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition / First printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316473022
- ISBN 13
- 9780316473026
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1993.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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