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The Waterworks
by E. L. Doctorow
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Library, 1994. First Edition. leather_bound. Very Good. 9x6x1. Signed by Author. The Franklin Library; Franklin Center, 1994. Deluxe Leather Collector Edition. First Edition. Signed by author directly on prelim. A Very Good copy. Gilt embossed full leather binding is very nice with sharp corners, AEG are fresh and bright with blemish to top text block edge. Bound in Fine Genuine Leather - 22kt gold-stamped spine accents - Distinctive raised spine hubs, - Intricate gilt stamped cover designs, - Specially milled acid-neutral paper, - Smyth-sewn pages, - Gilded page edges, - Permanent satin ribbon page-marker. Binding firm, book unread and unopened. 253pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1039030
- Title
- The Waterworks
- Author
- E. L. Doctorow
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 9x6x1
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lavendier Books
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Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
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- Gilt
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- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Fine
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- First Edition
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