The Commitments
by Doyle, Roddy
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679721746
- ISBN 13
- 9780679721741
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Vintage Contemporaries, 1989. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slim trade paperback. 165 pages. First American edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy , appears unread and like new. Fine. .
Synopsis
RODDY DOYLE was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of nine acclaimed novels including The Commitments, The Snapper , and The Van , two collections of short stories, Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents, and most recently, Two Pints, a collection of dialogues. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. The Commitments was adapted into a hit film in the 1990s and is now a West End show.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020270
- Title
- The Commitments
- Author
- Doyle, Roddy
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0679721746
- ISBN 13
- 9780679721741
- Publisher
- Vintage Contemporaries
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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