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Machine Dreams
by Phillips, Jayne Anne
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 052524252X
- ISBN 13
- 9780525242529
- Seller
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Miller Place, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1984. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's first novel. A multigenerational story of the Hampsons, that begins in the 1930's through WWII and the Vietnam War. Light edgewear/creasing to flaps, previousd owner's signature inked to flyleaf, lght wear to spine ends,a touch of foxing to top textblock and fore-edge, small spot to top edge of rear board.. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Synopsis
Jayne Anne Phillips was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia. She is the author of three novels, MotherKind (2000), Shelter (1994) and Machine Dreams (1984 ) , and two collections of widely anthologized stories, Fast Lanes (1987) and Black Tickets (1979) . She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, and a Bunting Fellowship. She has been awarded the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction (1980) and an Academy Award in Literature (1997) by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her work has been translated into twelve languages, and has appeared in Granta, Harper’s, DoubleTake, and The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction . She is currently Professor of English and Director of the MFA Program at Rutgers-Newark, the State University of New Jersey. Her new novel, Lark and Termite , is forthcoming from Knopf.
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- Bookseller
- Nothing Like A Good Book
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1001808
- Title
- Machine Dreams
- Author
- Phillips, Jayne Anne
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 052524252X
- ISBN 13
- 9780525242529
- Publisher
- E P Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- WEST VIRGINIA FICTION VIETNAMESE CONFLICT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Author P;
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