A House in the Country
by DONOSO, Jose
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0394509498
- ISBN 13
- 9780394509495
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Hardcover. Translation by David Pritchard with Suzanne Jill Levine. Small 4to. quarter tan cloth with gilt spine lettering and teal green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 352pp. Fine/near fine. Handsome first edition of this novel by the prolific Chilean writer (1924-96).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50148
- Title
- A House in the Country
- Author
- DONOSO, Jose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394509498
- ISBN 13
- 9780394509495
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...