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Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer
by Makine, Andrei;Strachan, Geoffrey
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1559705299
- ISBN 13
- 9781559705295
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Arcade Publishing, 2000. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, grey cloth spine over gray paper covered boards. 130 pp. By the winner of the Goncourt and Medici prizes and one of the leading modern Russian novelists. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a very crisp, sharp, tight, sparkling dust jacket. Very fine in very find dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 07716
- Title
- Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer
- Author
- Makine, Andrei;Strachan, Geoffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1559705299
- ISBN 13
- 9781559705295
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- FICTION HISTORICAL SAINT PETERSBURG RUSSIA, MAKINE, COMMUNISM, SOVIET, RUSSIAN, REPUBLIC, WORLD WAR II, GONCOURT, PRIZE, AWARD, WINNING, WINNER, LITERATURE, NOVEL, MODERN,
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- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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