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THE STONE THAT THE BUILDER REFUSED (SIGNED to Title Page)
by Madison Smartt Bell
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 037542282X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375422829
- Seller
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Monkton, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
ARDCOVER. SIGNED in Person at the Book Signing Event. THE STONE THAT THE BUILDER REFUSED by Madison Smartt Bell (2004). SIGNED to the Full Title page by Madison Smartt Bell, the author. Brand New Condition copy. This is a FIRST Edition, FIRST Printing copy as stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket is in Brand New condition with no issues. The book has no tears, marks, creases, remainder marks, library markings, or black lines on the edges. Not inscribed to anyone. Not price-clipped, not a Book Club Edition (BCE), or signed on a bookplate. True Collectible Quality. First Edition, First Printing, hand SIGNED to the Full Title page. No inscription; full signature only. From an event featuring Madison Smartt Bell and the late Robert Stone on December 13, 2009. FREE: A copy of the event flyer showing the appearance of Mr. Bell & Mr. Stone on December 13, 2009, is included. This book will be carefully wrapped and shipped with free delivery confirmation. ** Madison Smartt Bell is best known for his trilogy of novels about Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution, including All Souls' Rising, which was a finalist for the 1995 National Book Award and the 1996 PEN/Faulkner Award. It also won the 1996 Anisfield-Wolf Award for the best book of the year dealing with matters of race. His other books include The Washington Square Ensemble; Waiting for the End of the World; Straight Cut; The Year of Silence; Soldier's Joy; Barking Man: Stories; Save Me, Joe Louis; Ten Indians; Master of the Crossroads; The Stone That the Builder Refused; Lavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution; Toussaint Couverture: A Biography; Charm City: A Walk Through Baltimore; and Behind the Moon. The Stone That the Builder Refused was published on November 9, 2004. ISBN: 978-0375-4228-29. BS13921.
Synopsis
Madison Smartt Bell is the author of thirteen previous works of fiction, including Soldier’s Joy and Anything Goes. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. All Souls’ Rising and Master of the Crossroads are available in paperback from Vintage Books
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- Bookseller
- Charm City Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BS13921
- Title
- THE STONE THAT THE BUILDER REFUSED (SIGNED to Title Page)
- Author
- Madison Smartt Bell
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER w/ Dust Jacket Cover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 037542282X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375422829
- Publisher
- Pantheon; First Edition (November 9, 2004)
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- Nov, 9, 2004
- Pages
- 768
- Size
- 6.49 x 1.85 x 9.7 inches
- Keywords
- Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED BOOKS;
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Charm City Books
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About the Seller
Charm City Books
Biblio member since 2004
Monkton, Maryland
About Charm City Books
I sell mostly Modern First Editions. Most of my inventory is Hand Signed First Edition/First Printing Hardcovers. I also carry a collection of Brand New & Like New, Signed and Unsigned Franklin Library & Easton Press Books. I will accept offers on any book I have. If your offer is accepted, you are committed to buy. I will then reduce the price of the item ON THIS SITE so you can purchase the item or book on this site using their check-out...
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