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A Book Of Common Prayer
by Didion, Joan (Non-Authorial Inscription To William Goyen)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0671224913
- ISBN 13
- 9780671224912
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon And Schuster, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Boards/ Cloth. Fine/Near Fine DJ. 223 Pp. Black Cloth / Black Boards, Red Endpapers. A Very Bright, Clean, Unmarked, Unworn, Very Square And Crisp, Unused Example Of The Book. Dj Is Near Fine, Price Clipped, Clean, Slight Browning Along Top Edges. Inscribed To The Writer William Goyen By A Friend And Dated In April 1977; From Goyen's Library.
Synopsis
A Book of Common Prayer is a 1977 novel by Joan Didion. It is a story of both personal and political tragedy in the imaginary Central American country of "Boca Grande. " In 1983 Didion would publish Salvador, a book of essays on corruption and violence in El Salvador; the fiction and non-fiction reflect a similar perspective of rage and despair.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035035
- Title
- A Book Of Common Prayer
- Author
- Didion, Joan (Non-Authorial Inscription To William Goyen)
- Format/Binding
- Boards/ Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671224913
- ISBN 13
- 9780671224912
- Publisher
- Simon And Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century;
- X weight
- 0 lb
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
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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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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