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Native Speaker
by Lee, Chang-rae
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1573220019
- ISBN 13
- 9781573220019
- Seller
-
Evanston, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Riverhead Books, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. VG (spine slightly cocked, small stain on fore edge, prev. owner's name sticker on title page, brief note in pen on half title) in NF jacket. Author's first novel, winner of Pen/Faulkner award for first novel.
Synopsis
Native Speaker (1995) is Chang-Rae Lee’s first novel. In Native Speaker, he creates a man named Henry Park who tries to assimilate into American society and become a “native speaker. ”
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000064
- Title
- Native Speaker
- Author
- Lee, Chang-rae
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1573220019
- ISBN 13
- 9781573220019
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Bookseller catalogs
- Award Winners;
- X weight
- 0 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books
Biblio member since 2019
Evanston, Illinois
About Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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