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Thicker Than Water
by Harrison, Kathryn
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394588894
- ISBN 13
- 9780394588896
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394588894 . INSCRIBED by author on full title page, "Kathryn Harrison With best wishes to Rolland Comstock December 1993." "Written with unusual power, lyricism, humor, and grace, Thicker than Water has been called 'brilliant,' 'flawless,' and 'hypnotizing' - and it marks the literary debut of a remarkable new writer." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly loose, moderate edge wear, small bumps on top corners and spine ends; overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minor edge wear, lightly tanned on flaps and barcode label. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Kathryn Harrison's novels include Thicker than Water and Exposure , both New York Times Notable Books, and Poison , called "powerful and hypnotic" by The New York Times and "a masterpiece" by Lucy Grealy. Harrison lives in New York.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58295
- Title
- Thicker Than Water
- Author
- Harrison, Kathryn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394588894
- ISBN 13
- 9780394588896
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- 0394588894
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Jacket
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