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THE WIDOWS' ADVENTURES
by Dickinson, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0688089240
- ISBN 13
- 9780688089245
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. / HarperCollinsPublishers, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper (with additional Typed Letter Signed by the Author & envelope to an admirer laid in), tall 8vo, off-white quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over green boards, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Fred Marcellino, protected by a quality archival clear film cover, pale pink endpapers, 381 pages + [2] A Note About the Author. 1 Lb 11 oz. Charles Dickinson (born 1951) is an American writer known for his literary novels which often mix realism with winsome absurdity. TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the Author with envelope mentioning his forthcoming book, THE WIDOWS' ADVENTURES. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: tight, bright, clean in a comparable VF dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4010
- Title
- THE WIDOWS' ADVENTURES
- Author
- Dickinson, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688089240
- ISBN 13
- 9780688089245
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company, Inc. / HarperCollinsPublishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Travel, adventure, widows, movie, Thelma and Louise, California, blindness, love, caring
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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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- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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