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My Life As A Fake **signed**
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0571216188
- ISBN 13
- 9780571216185
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, England: Faber and Faber. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0571216188 . **Signed by the author on the title page. A First Edition, First Prinitng (Number Line) copy, Brown covers with gilt titles to the spine. Near Fine with a solid binding and a clean, bright text. Very light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped with textured covers, Very Good++ with moderate wear, edgewear and a small tear to the top of the back cover edge. "Sarah Wode-Douglas is an aristocratic Englishwoman who makes her living in the cloistered world of literary London until she impulsively follows a family friend, poet John Slater, to Kuala Lumpur. Temporarily abandoned, she encounters another poet, the strange and forgotten Christopher Chubb. "; 9.13 X 6.14 X 1.18 inches; 267 pages; Box 45 ; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16131
- Title
- My Life As A Fake **signed**
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0571216188
- ISBN 13
- 9780571216185
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- 0571216188, Malaysia, Literary Forgeries And Mystifications
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About the Seller
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- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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