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Who Will Run the Frog Hospital (First Edition, inscribed to film director and producer Tony Bill)
by Lorrie Moore
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0679434828
- ISBN 13
- 9780679434825
- Seller
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Copy belonging to Oscar-wining director-producer Tony Bill, with a laid-in note SIGNED by Moore: "Tony Bill / With all best wishes / Lorrie Moore."
From the collection of Tony Bill, whose credits include "The Sting" (1973, producer), "Soldier in the Rain" (1963, actor), "Shampoo" (1975, actor), and "Five Corners" (1987, director-producer).
Light foxing to the top page edges, and a faint stain on the jacket verso, else Near Fine and unread in an about Fine dust jacket. Laid-in note folded horizontally, else Fine.
From the collection of Tony Bill, whose credits include "The Sting" (1973, producer), "Soldier in the Rain" (1963, actor), "Shampoo" (1975, actor), and "Five Corners" (1987, director-producer).
Light foxing to the top page edges, and a faint stain on the jacket verso, else Near Fine and unread in an about Fine dust jacket. Laid-in note folded horizontally, else Fine.
Synopsis
Lorrie Moore is the author of the story collections Birds of America , Self-Help , and Like Life and the novels Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? and Anagrams . Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Best American Short Stories , and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards . She is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
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- Bookseller
- Royal Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134101
- Title
- Who Will Run the Frog Hospital (First Edition, inscribed to film director and producer Tony Bill)
- Author
- Lorrie Moore
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679434828
- ISBN 13
- 9780679434825
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Literature | Autograph Material
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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