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THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S GATE; A Home in New York
by Gopnik, Adam
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 1400041813
- ISBN 13
- 9781400041817
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition. Cloth. Like New/Like New. Small quarto (9 1/2" x 5 3/4"), red cloth with silver lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with children skipping in Central Park, [x] + 318 pages + [2] blank + [2] Permissions Acknowledgements + [2] A Note About the Author / A Note on the Type. A brilliant memoir on Modern Life by the superb author and critic commonlly associated with The New Yorker. Here the Gopnik family relocates from Paris and rediscover New York City.<br /> <br /> EXCEPTIONAL "LIKE NEW" COPY! No previous owner or remainder marks.
Synopsis
Adam Gopnik has been writing for The New Yorker since 1986. He is a three-time winner of National Magazine Awards for Essays and for Criticism and winner of the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting. Raised in Montreal, Gopnik lived in Paris from 1995 to 2000, and now lives in New York with his wife and their two children.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9350
- Title
- THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S GATE; A Home in New York
- Author
- Gopnik, Adam
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1400041813
- ISBN 13
- 9781400041817
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- new york, memoir, social, psychology, autobiography, memoir
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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