First Light
by Charles Baxter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670817015
- ISBN 13
- 9780670817016
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Viking, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near fine dust jacket. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 286 pages. Tan boards in dust jacket. Signed twice by the author, once with inscription on the half title page and once with just his name on the title page. Previous owner's embossed stamp on front free endpaper. First edition with "First published in 1987 by Viking Pengiun Inc." on copyright page.
Synopsis
Charles Baxter is the author of the novels The Feast of Love (nominated for the National Book Award), The Soul Thief , Saul and Patsy , and Shadow Play , and the collections Gryphon , Believers , A Relative Stranger , Through the Safety Net , and Harmony of the World . He lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota and in the M.F.A. Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56758
- Title
- First Light
- Author
- Charles Baxter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670817015
- ISBN 13
- 9780670817016
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Fiction;
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...