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ILLYWHACKER
de Carey, Peter
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 006015425X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060154257
- Librería
-
Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
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Sobre este artículo
NY: Harper & Row, 1985. First US edition, first prnt. Signed by Carey on the title page. Minimal soiling on bottom edge and foreedge; foxing on topedge, spine cloth very lightly rubbed; dustjacket with beginning toning on flap edges and interior edges, half-inch chip on rear panel upper edge. Bright and tight copy. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Carey's second novel.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Sinopsis
Illywhacker is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was published in 1985, short-listed for the 1985 Booker Prize, and won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award and The Age Book of the Year Award. It was also short-listed for the 1986 World Fantasy Award. The novel tells the story of Herbert Badgery, self-admitted liar, trickster, and confidence man, the "Illywhacker" of the title (though "illywhacker" is also supposed to be Australian slang for "a stick for smacking a child with").
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Detalles
- Librería
- Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 60918
- Título
- ILLYWHACKER
- Autor
- Carey, Peter
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 006015425X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060154257
- Editorial
- Harper & Row
- Lugar de publicación
- NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1985
- Palabras clave
- Signed First Edition
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Sobre Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
Revere Books has offered collector-condition first editions primarily of 20th century American and British fiction and poetry since 1991. Signed copies are a specialty. Member, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) & the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
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