THE DIAGNOSIS
by Lightman, Alan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679436154
- ISBN 13
- 9780679436157
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, red quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with inset of Jacque Louis David's "Death of Socrates," [vi] + 369 pages = [2] Acknowledgements + [2] About the Author. Alan Lightman (b.1948) is an American physicist, writer, and social entrepreneur. He has served on the faculties of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is currently professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT. He is widely known as the author of the international bestseller Einstein's Dreams. Lightman's novel THE DIAGNOSIS was a finalist for the National Book Award.--Wikipedia "I know of no novel that capturews the technological horror and pervasive spiritual poverty of our wildly properous land in so powerful a way as The Diagnosis. It is haunting."--Norman Mailer SIGNED: an EXCEPTIONAL COPY internally & externally!
Synopsis
Alan Lightman lives in Boston.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3117
- Title
- THE DIAGNOSIS
- Author
- Lightman, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679436154
- ISBN 13
- 9780679436157
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Novel, business, speed, information, money, amnesia, illness, medicine, marriage
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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