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Geek Love
by Dunn, Katherine
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394569024
- ISBN 13
- 9780394569024
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Knopf, 1989-03-10. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. First printing flat-signed by Dunn on the title page. Slightly canted binding shows minor wear and a bit of soiling. Binding is somewhat weakened due to overhandling but still solid. Some very light wear and soiling to top and bottom edges of text block. A tiny indentation along top edge of first two endpapers. Text is unmarked. The dust jacket shows light shelf rubbing, sunning to spine and front panel, a touch of edge wear, in a mylar cover.
Synopsis
Geek Love is a novel by Katherine Dunn, published completely by Alfred A. Knopf (a division of Random House) in 1989. Dunn published parts of the novel in Mississippi Mud Book of Days (1983) and Looking Glass Bookstore Review (1988). It was a finalist for the National Book Award. The novel is the story of a traveling carnival run by Aloysius "Al" Binewski and his wife "Crystal" Lil.
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- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPdunnGEEK
- Title
- Geek Love
- Author
- Dunn, Katherine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394569024
- ISBN 13
- 9780394569024
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989-03-10
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 26 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
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Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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