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Who Will Run the Frog Hospital
by Moore, Lorrie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near Fine/very near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [14], 5-147, [3] pp. Quarter grey cloth over grey paper boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $20.00 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated by a frontispiece. An attractive copy of Moore's second novel.
Synopsis
Lorrie Moore is the author of the story collections Birds of America , Self-Help , and Like Life and the novels Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? and Anagrams . Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Best American Short Stories , and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards . She is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000010168
- Title
- Who Will Run the Frog Hospital
- Author
- Moore, Lorrie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
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Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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