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THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
by TYLER, ANNE
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1999. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front limitation page. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark sewn-in. A certificate of authenticity and an Easton Note about the book and author are laid-in. This novel was first published in 1985, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. It was adapted to the screen in 1988, for which Geena Davis won an Oscar. 355pp.. Signed by Author. Collector's Edition. Full Black Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.
Synopsis
The Accidental Tourist is a 1985 novel by Anne Tyler that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. The novel was adapted into a 1988 award-winning film starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner and Geena Davis.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014912
- Title
- THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
- Author
- TYLER, ANNE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Signed Edition, Autograph, Fine Binding, Anne Tyler
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- 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....
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