The Imaginary Girlfriend
by Irving, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Bloomsbury, 1996. First Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. There has been no US edition of this publication to date.
Synopsis
John Irving published his first novel at the age of twenty-six. He has received awards from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation; he has won an O. Henry Award, a National Book Award, and an Academy Award. Mr. Irving lives with his family in Toronto and Vermont.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB07346
- Title
- The Imaginary Girlfriend
- Author
- Irving, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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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...
- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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