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Memoir from Antproof Case: A Novel
de Helprin, Mark
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151000972
- ISBN 13
- 9780151000975
- Librería
-
Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York, New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Edition With The Alpha Line Indicating A First Printing. The Book Is Bound In Brown Cloth With Gilt Stamped Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has A Tiny Binding Flaw On The Front Board And A Slight Slant. The Jacket Has Minor Wear And A Small Sticker Ghost On The Back. The Bittersweet Memoir Of An Aging Man-Of-The-World. In A Tone Tinged With Humor And Regret He Describes His Many Lives, From Banker To Fighter Pilot, To Inmate Of A Mental Asylum, Commenting On Every Subject Under The Sun, Including His Visceral Hate Of Coffee.
Sinopsis
An old American who lives in Brazil is writing his memoirs. An English teacher at the naval academy, he is married to a woman young enough to be his daughter and has a little son whom he loves. He sits in a mountain garden in Niterói, overlooking the ocean. As he reminisces and writes, placing the pages carefully in his antproof case, we learn that he was a World War II ace who was shot down twice, an investment banker who met with popes and presidents, and a man who was never not in love. He was the thief of the century, a murderer, and a protector of the innocent. And all his life he waged a valiant, losing, one-man battle against the world’s most insidious enslaver: coffee. Mark Helprin combines adventure, satire, flights of transcendence, and high comedy in this "memoir" of a man whose life reads like the song of the twentieth century.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 032098
- Título
- Memoir from Antproof Case: A Novel
- Autor
- Helprin, Mark
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0151000972
- ISBN 13
- 9780151000975
- Editorial
- Harcourt Brace & Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1995
- Páginas
- 514
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Palabras clave
- New York (N.Y.) - Fiction; Brazil - Fiction; Psychological Fiction. Psychological
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Miembro de Biblio desde 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
Sobre Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
