The Waterworks
by Doctorow, E.L
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
The Franklin Library, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition as stated on title page. Signed by author on limitation page. Publisher's insert laid in. Raised bands on spine. Gold gilt. Silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Near fine book except for scratch on bottom edges and light scratches on forend.
Synopsis
E.L. Doctorow , one of America's preeminent authors, has received the National Book Critics Circle Award (twice), the National Book Award , the Pen/Faulkner Award , the Edith Wharton Citation For Fiction , and the William Dean Howells medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters . He has also published a volume of selected essays Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution, and a play, Drinks Before Dinner, which was produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival. He resides in New Rochelle, New York.
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- Bookseller
- Bookbid Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1504008
- Title
- The Waterworks
- Author
- Doctorow, E.L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Date Published
- 1994
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Beverly Hills, California
About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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