Caravan
by Gilman, Dorothy
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385423616
- ISBN 13
- 9780385423618
- Seller
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday - A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1992. First Edition First Printing Stated . Trade Paperback. Fine/Very Good. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2. Hall, Tasha - Book Design. 263 Pages. Blue boards with gold spine lettering. There is three-line gift inscription signed by the author on the front endpaper. Otherwise a bright book in new condition. In 1992 Gilman resided in Albuquerque. Laid in is a four column article from the Albuquerque Journal about why a book without Mrs. Pollifax. She is quoted as saying finally a book with some sex in it.. Also laid in is a 1992 multi-page interview by Jodi Stinebaugh for the rag Prime Suspects which includes a photograph of Gilman. The interview was conducted in Gilman's apartment seven stories high with a breathtaking view of Albuquerque and the Sandia and Manzano mountains and is titled A Chat with Dorothy Gilman and it is a transcription of the interview. This story is about Plucky Caressa Horvath who travels with her anthropologist husband to Tripoli, where a band of vicious nomads kidnaps her, believing she is a sorceress, and force her to make a three-year odyssey across the Sahara. This book was a 25,000 first printing and a $25,000 advertising promotion and tour.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dons Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18555
- Title
- Caravan
- Author
- Gilman, Dorothy
- Illustrator
- Hall, Tasha - Book Design
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing Stated
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0385423616
- ISBN 13
- 9780385423618
- Publisher
- Doubleday - A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 5 3/4" x 8 1/2
- Keywords
- MYSTERY FICTION NOVEL ANTHROPOLOGY NORTH AFRICA SAHAERA TUAREG
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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