A Manual for Manuel
by CORTAZAR, Julio
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0394496612
- ISBN 13
- 9780394496610
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. Hardcover. Translation by Gregory Rabassa. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt and orange spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 389pp. Near fine/near fine. Tight, bright first U.S. edition of this political novel by the prolific, influential Brussels-born Argentinian novelist, short story writer and essayist (1914-84).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50152
- Title
- A Manual for Manuel
- Author
- CORTAZAR, Julio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394496612
- ISBN 13
- 9780394496610
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Modern Fiction;
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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