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Death and the Language of Happiness
by Straley, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0553096796
- ISBN 13
- 9780553096798
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Bantam, 1997-03-30. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x8. Signed by Author. First printing signed by the author on title page. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Small dent to head of spine and very light bumping to bottom panel edges. Dust jacket features art by William Neeper, in a mylar cover. 8vo. pp.
Synopsis
John Straley lives in Sitka, Alaska, with his young son and wife, a marine biologist who studies whales. He is the Shamus Award-winning author of The Woman Who Married a Bear , The Curious Eat Themselves , and The Music of What Happens . He is at work on his next Cecil Younger novel, The Angels Will Not Care . From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPstrDLH
- Title
- Death and the Language of Happiness
- Author
- Straley, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0553096796
- ISBN 13
- 9780553096798
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997-03-30
- Size
- 6x1x8
- X weight
- 18 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...