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John Dollar
by Wiggins, Marianne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0436570807
- ISBN 13
- 9780436570803
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0436570807 . Inscribed by author in black ink on full title page; reads, "For Rolland Comstock / Marianne Wiggins". "The date is 1918, the place--Rangoon. The shockwaves of war and revolution that have shattered Europe have barely reached the Empire's outposts. Here at least, life is as it always was..." - DJ. Includes a B&W photo of Marianna Wiggins, 1989. Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector Rolland Comstock on front, paste-down endpaper. Book is lightly bumped at head and tail end of spine. Head end of spine of dust jacket is lightly worn. Dust jacket has minimal wear. Dust jacket protected in plastic archival cover. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 214 pages; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52747
- Title
- John Dollar
- Author
- Wiggins, Marianne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0436570807
- ISBN 13
- 9780436570803
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- 0436570807
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Bookplate
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Inscribed
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