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NAKED CAME THE MANATEE [SIGNED]
by Hiaasen, Carl et al
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0399141928
- ISBN 13
- 9780399141928
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P Putnam's Sons, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 201 pages. In Good plus condition, lacking the issued dust jacket. Quarter bound cloth has brown spine with gilt lettering. Orange boards with small blind-stamped illustration to front. Mild rubbing wear and light bumps to spine edges. Text block has very light wear to edges with unmarked pages. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen and Dave Barry. 1369399. FP New Rockville Stock.
Synopsis
Naked Came the Manatee is a mystery thriller parody novel published in 1996. It is composed of thirteen chapters, each written by a different Miami-area writer. It was originally published as a serial in the Miami Herald's Tropic magazine, one chapter per issue, and later published as a single novel. Its title is a reference to the literary hoax Naked Came the Stranger. The book was conceived of and edited by Tom Shroder, then editor of "Tropic.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1369399
- Title
- NAKED CAME THE MANATEE [SIGNED]
- Author
- Hiaasen, Carl et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0399141928
- ISBN 13
- 9780399141928
- Publisher
- G.P Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Florida, fiction
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About the Seller
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...