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The Bear Comes Home : A Novel (COLLECTOR'S FIRST PRINTING)
by Zabor, Rafi
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0393040372
- ISBN 13
- 9780393040371
- Seller
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SANDY, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1997. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. Winner of the 1998 PEN/Faulkner Prize for fiction. Reportedly less than 5,000 copies of FIRST PRINTING. Went into numerous later printings. BEWARE many of the first printing copies were marked with a remainder mark. This copy HAS NO REMAINDER MARKS! DJ in archival mylar Broadart protector. NOT price clipped, NEVER read. Carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to provide DAMAGE-FREE SHIPPING.
Synopsis
The Bear Comes Home is a novel written by Rafi Zabor. It won the 1998 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. It was selected as an alternate for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. The novel tells the story of an alto saxophone-playing bear, his involvement in the jazz subculture, and his pursuit of love, truth and perfection. Musician published the first chapters of The Bear Comes Home, in serialized form, beginning in 1979.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000499
- Title
- The Bear Comes Home : A Novel (COLLECTOR'S FIRST PRINTING)
- Author
- Zabor, Rafi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0393040372
- ISBN 13
- 9780393040371
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- BEARS NEW YORK N Y FICTION STATE GENERAL NATURE
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About the Seller
PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS
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About PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS
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- First Edition
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- Remainder Mark
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