Afterlife
by Paul Monette
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0517573393
- ISBN 13
- 9780517573396
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
First hardcover edition, with dust jacket, published by Crown, 1990. the dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. An early example of a novel that focuses on the affects of AIDS, and how those left behind cope with loss. Rust red cloth covered boards over wheat colored cloth covered spine with the author and title imprinted in green on the spine. Dust jacket shows some light rubbing wear, but no tears or edge wear. Jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. Boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or creased. No edge wear to the boards. Edges of the text block are clean. Sewn binding is tight and square. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. This is not a remainder, not a library discard.
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- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21-453
- Title
- Afterlife
- Author
- Paul Monette
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0517573393
- ISBN 13
- 9780517573396
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- LGBT, AIDS
- Bookseller catalogs
- LGBT;
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