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The Tale of Murasaki: A Novel [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
by Dalby, Liza
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385497946
- ISBN 13
- 9780385497947
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About This Item
Nan A. Talese, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed "To Irena, best wishes" by the author on the half-title page with stamps of the author's chop and a website for the book. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket has edgewear. Book has a few spots of foxing on the edges of the pageblock and shelfwear to the base of the spine. By the Herbert Feis Award-winning author of "Hidden Buddhas: A Novel of Karma and Chaos" and "East Wind Melts the Ice". Signed first printings are rare. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
Synopsis
Author of Geisha and Kimono and the only Westerner ever to have become a geisha, Liza Dalby is a consultant for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha . She lives in Berkeley, California.
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- 6999
- Title
- The Tale of Murasaki: A Novel [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
- Author
- Dalby, Liza
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385497946
- ISBN 13
- 9780385497947
- Publisher
- Nan A. Talese
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 448
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