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A Spot of Bother : A Novel
by Haddon, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good, Not Price Clipped
- ISBN 10
- 0385662432
- ISBN 13
- 9780385662437
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, Ont: Doubleday Canada, 2006. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Canadian First. First edition, first printing as evidenced by a complete number line from 1 to 10; signed by Mark Haddon on the title page with no inscription; edge wear to dust jacket particularly at top and bottom of spine and at corners; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectible condition; dust jacket is now protected by a Brodart sleeve..
Synopsis
A Spot of Bother is the second adult novel by Mark Haddon, who is best known for his prize-winning first novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Like Curious Incident, A Spot of Bother examines mental health issues from the perspective of the patient. An excerpt from A Spot of Bother (at that point titled Blood and Scissors) was published in the book New Beginnings, the proceeds from which were donated to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
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- Bookseller
- Hourglass Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003534
- Title
- A Spot of Bother : A Novel
- Author
- Haddon, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good, Not Price Clipped
- Edition
- Canadian First
- ISBN 10
- 0385662432
- ISBN 13
- 9780385662437
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- British Fiction
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- First Edition
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- Number Line
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- Brodart
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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