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THE IMMORTALISTS; Chloe Benjamin
by Benjamin, Chloe
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0735213186
- ISBN 13
- 9780735213180
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over blood red boards with "CB" blindstamped, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust Jacket (unclipped) depicting a stylized tree with colorful leaves created by Sandra Chiu, blood red endpapers, 346 pages. Chloe Benjamin is the 29-year old American author of The Anatomy of Dreams--winner of the 2014 Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award--and this New York Times bestseller, which was named a best book of the year by NPR, The Washington Post, and others.<br /> <br /> A dazzling family love story and a sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depth, The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of the story, the nature of belief, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds. It asks the question - If you know the date of your death, how would you live your life?"--jacket flap.<br /> <br /> The novel deals with the decades' long fallout caused by a psychic who told a couple what would be the day of their deaths. The consequence is a family love story and exploration of the intertwining of fate and aspirations.<br /> <br /> SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5630
- Title
- THE IMMORTALISTS; Chloe Benjamin
- Author
- Benjamin, Chloe
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0735213186
- ISBN 13
- 9780735213180
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2018
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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