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The Sun at Midday: Tales of a Mediterranean Family
by Alhadeff, Gini
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 067941763X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679417637
- Seller
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
Item Price
NZ$170.22NZ$144.69
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About This Item
New York, Pantheon Books, 1997, hardcover, 226 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean, one red dot to top edge of textblock. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slightest edge bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. This first, full-length work from the well-known journalist, freelance writer, founder of the literary magazines Normal and XXIst Century, and author of Diary of a Djinn, presents stories of some unique characters in her family and their adventures and travails throughout Europe, The Middle East, The United States, and Japan. ISBN 9780679417637
Synopsis
Gini Alhadeff grew up in Egypt, the Sudan, Italy, and Japan. She studied fine art and photography at Harrow in England and at Pratt Institute in New York. She has worked as a translator, founded two literary reviews, Normal and XXIst Century, and is a contributing editor for Travel + Leisure. Alhadeff is the author of a novel, Diary of a Djinn. She lives in New York City. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West of Eden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11393
- Title
- The Sun at Midday: Tales of a Mediterranean Family
- Author
- Alhadeff, Gini
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 067941763X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679417637
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1997-01-21
- Keywords
- Alexandria; Biography; Biography & Autobiography; Egypt; Historical; Italy; Jewish Christians; Jews; Women
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