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By the Light of My Father's Smile
by Walker, Alice
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0375501525
- ISBN 13
- 9780375501524
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1998. Book. As New. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Second printing. Black cloth spine over red paper covered boards. 222 pp. SIGNED by ALICE WALKER on title page and dated in the year of publication. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, tight, clean, bright, unblemished dust jacket. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..
Synopsis
Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for her novel The Color Purple . Her other bestselling novels include Possessing the Secret of Joy and The Temple of My Familiar . She is also the author of two collections of short stories, three collections of essays, five volumes of poetry, and several children's books. Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker now lives in Northern California.
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 08363
- Title
- By the Light of My Father's Smile
- Author
- Walker, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0375501525
- ISBN 13
- 9780375501524
- Publisher
- Random House Inc
- Place of Publication
- Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- FATHERS DAUGHTERS FICTION MEXICO
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
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About Brillig Books
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- Cloth
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- Crisp
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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