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Voyage of the Narwhal
by Andrea Barrett
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 039304632X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393046328
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton, 1998. SIGNED. Like New. Softcover. Advanced Reading Copy of this historic novel. Signed by Andrea Barrett on the title page. The book is unread, tight and square with clean unmarred covers. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Very light rubbing to illustrated wrappers. Barrett won the National Book Award for her previous book "Ship Fever."
A major novel by the author of "Ship Fever", winner of the 1996 National Book Award for fiction. Part adventure, part love story, this unforgettable novel captures a crucial moment in the history of exploration. Combining fact and fiction, the story focuses on Erasmus Darwin Wells, a 19th-century scholar/naturalist and his expedition to search for an open polar sea. NPR feature.
A major novel by the author of "Ship Fever", winner of the 1996 National Book Award for fiction. Part adventure, part love story, this unforgettable novel captures a crucial moment in the history of exploration. Combining fact and fiction, the story focuses on Erasmus Darwin Wells, a 19th-century scholar/naturalist and his expedition to search for an open polar sea. NPR feature.
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- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2621
- Title
- Voyage of the Narwhal
- Author
- Andrea Barrett
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Advance Reader's Copy (ARC)
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 039304632X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393046328
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Books; Advance Reader's Copy;
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Armadillo Alley Books
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
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- Reading Copy
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- Bookplate
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- Wrappers
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- New
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