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Mile Zero
by Sanchez, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394578597
- ISBN 13
- 9780394578590
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394578597 . INSCRIBED by author on full title page, "To Rolland / Thomas Sanchez." "Mile Zero seizes us with the extraordinary force of its vision, heralded in the novel's panoramic opening evocation of a space shuttle hurtling toward new frontiers while fearful refugees flee across the Caribbean, bound for a dream of haven in the United States." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Text block is slightly pulled away from spine head, moderate edge wear, bumps on spine ends and top left corner of back board, small bump on bottom right corner of front board, faint black mark on top left of back board; pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minor edge and shelf wear, small creases on top corners, light black rubs on interior of jacket. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 349 pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Thomas Sanchez lived for many years in Key West, Mallorca, and Paris, where the French Republic awarded him the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. He currently resides in Key West. He is the author of King Bongo , Mile Zero , Day of the Bees , Zoot-Suit Murders and Rabbit Boss , which was named by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of the most important books of the twentieth century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62736
- Title
- Mile Zero
- Author
- Sanchez, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394578597
- ISBN 13
- 9780394578590
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- 0394578597
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