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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
de Mark Haddon
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Fine
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Oxford: David Fickling Books, 2003 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9" by 6". None. A fine first edition of Mark Haddon's popular mystery novel, in the original dust wrapper for the children's edition of the work. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Written by English novelist Mark Haddon, who won the Whitbread Book Award for Best Novel and Book of the Year as well as the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Fiction Book and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. This work was published simultaneously in separate editions for children and adults in different dust wrappers, although with no textual differences. This is the children's edition. Told in the first person perspective by Christopher John Francis Boone, a fifteen year old boy who describes himself as 'a mathematician with some behavioural difficulties'. It is a mystery novel, following Christopher's discovery of his neighbour's dead dog. Subsequently, this popular novel has become a successful stage show.With charming illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is excellent, with very minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Fine
Sinopsis
Wondrous-Brilliantly inventive, full of dazzling set pieces- Not simply the most original novel I've read in years-it's also one of the best' The TimesThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 881Q36
- Título
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Autor
- Mark Haddon
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- David Fickling Books
- Lugar de publicación
- Oxford
- Fecha de publicación
- 2003
- Tamaño
- 9" by 6"
- Palabras clave
- first edition mark Haddon mystery dust wrapper mark Haddon
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
