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THE WATERS OF ETERNAL YOUTH
by Leon, Donna
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0802124801
- ISBN 13
- 9780802124807
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering over black cloth, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting golden canal in Venice, maps of Venice as endpapers, [viii] + 292 pages. Donna Leon (born 1942) is the American author of a series of very popular crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. In 2003, she received the Corine Literature Prize.<br /> <br /> A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery.<br /> <br /> SIGNED & in VF/NF CONDITION: tight, bright, clean copy in a bright, clean dust jacket (unclipped) with a couple of hard-to-see scratches just below the "Guardian" review. No previous owner or remainder marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8426
- Title
- THE WATERS OF ETERNAL YOUTH
- Author
- Leon, Donna
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0802124801
- ISBN 13
- 9780802124807
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- Opera, murder, Venice, mystery, detective, Verdi
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Fine
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