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Red Gold; A Novel
by Furst, Alan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679451862
- ISBN 13
- 9780679451860
- Seller
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Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1999. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 258pp. 8vo. Quarter bound cloth and paper over boards, stamped spine. Signed by author name only on title page. Book has the number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 over First Edition statement, this is a first printing by Random House tradition. Book is unread, unmarked, unclipped ($23.95), tight, bright, straight, and Brodart protected. Jacket has 4/99 date on rear flap. Book follows "The World at Night" in Paris, 1941. Modest push to spine heel. Gift quality.
Synopsis
Often compared to Graham Greene and Eric Ambler, Alan Furst is a master of the spy thriller and one of the great war novelists of our time. He is the author of Night Soldiers , Dark Star , The Polish Officer , and The World at Night . He lives in Sag Harbor, New York. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0002889
- Title
- Red Gold; A Novel
- Author
- Furst, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679451862
- ISBN 13
- 9780679451860
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
Terms of Sale
Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2007
Port St. Lucie, Florida
About Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
Specializing in modern mystery, fantasy/science fiction, general fiction, Subterranean Press books, and photography books. Many of these are signed by the authors.
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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