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Embroidered Shoes
by Canxue; Ronald R Janssen (translation); Jian Zhang (translation)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0805054138
- ISBN 13
- 9780805054132
- Seller
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY: Henry Holt & Company, September 1997. First Edition. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. Written by the true heir to Kafka, Borges, and Angela Carter, THE EMBROIDERED SHOES is a magical collection of hallucinatory tales set in a world where anything can happen, and everything does. Constructed like a set of graduated Chinese boxes, these postmodern ghost stories build into philosophical and psychological conundrums that leave the reader pondering long past the last page. Octavo in very good DJ. Front flap not clipped. Complete number line. Black cloth covered spine with gold lettering along spine. Raspberry red covered cloth. Tight binding. Top textblock edge spots & foxing & dust stained. [221 pages]
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Details
- Bookseller
- A Cappella Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 302633
- Title
- Embroidered Shoes
- Author
- Canxue; Ronald R Janssen (translation); Jian Zhang (translation)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0805054138
- ISBN 13
- 9780805054132
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- September 1997
- Pages
- 240
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About the Seller
A Cappella Books
Biblio member since 2005
Atlanta, Georgia
About A Cappella Books
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A Cappella Books is a full service used, new & out-of-print bookstore located in the heart of Atlanta's bohemian district, Little 5 Points, since 1989. We stock a general selection of some 20 to 30, 000 paperbacks & hardcovers, ranging from the common to the quite scarce. Our specialties reflect the personality of our neighborhood and, to varying degrees, our staff. But don't be fooled, we really have something for almost everybody who loves books. Come see us.
A Cappella Books is a full service used, new & out-of-print bookstore located in the heart of Atlanta's bohemian district, Little 5 Points, since 1989. We stock a general selection of some 20 to 30, 000 paperbacks & hardcovers, ranging from the common to the quite scarce. Our specialties reflect the personality of our neighborhood and, to varying degrees, our staff. But don't be fooled, we really have something for almost everybody who loves books. Come see us.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- Octavo
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- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
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