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The Names
by Delillo, Don
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 039452814X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394528144
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 339 pp, a novel. Stated First Edition. Tight, unworn, unmarked, and crisp. 6" x 8.5" white cloth backed & pale papered bords, gilt letter & design to fr cover and spine. White illustrated DJ, unclipped, with author photo on rear panel. .
Synopsis
The Names is the seventh novel written by the American novelist Don DeLillo, first published in 1982. The novel, set mostly in Greece, is primarily a series of character studies, interwoven with a plot about a mysterious "language cult" that is behind a number of unexplained murders.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007840
- Title
- The Names
- Author
- Delillo, Don
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 039452814X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394528144
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Don Delillo - seventh novel
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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
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- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
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