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Waking the Moon
by Hand, Elizabeth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0061052140
- ISBN 13
- 9780061052149
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Harper Prism, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed. Stated first printing, July 1995, with full number line to 1. 390 pages. Black quarter-cloth with gold spine titling, black papered boards; very good with light rubbing edgewear, bumping to top fore-edge corner of rear panel. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar with light edgewear. Text bright and unmarked.
Synopsis
Waking The Moon is a 1994 novel by Elizabeth Hand. It was the winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award and The 1996 Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature. It is set mainly in The University of Archangel and St. John The Divine, a fictional University inspired by The Catholic University of America, mentioned in a few of Hand's novels. About 100 pages were cut from the US edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2017878
- Title
- Waking the Moon
- Author
- Hand, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0061052140
- ISBN 13
- 9780061052149
- Publisher
- Harper Prism
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 16 oz
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- 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...