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Being Dead
by CRACE, Jim
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author.
Synopsis
Being Dead is a novel by the English writer Jim Crace, published in 1999. Its principal characters are married zoologists Joseph and Celice and their daughter Syl. The story tells of how Joseph and Celice, on a day trip to the dunes where they met as students, are murdered by an opportunistic thief. Their bodies lie undiscovered for several days, during the course of which their estranged daughter is made aware of their disappearance and, eventually, discovery.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 431453
- Title
- Being Dead
- Author
- CRACE, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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