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THE GLAMOUR
by Priest, Christopher
- Used
- Condition
- Remainder spray to bottom page edges, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (3899)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. First U.S. edition. Remainder spray to bottom page edges, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (3899). Octavo, cloth backed boards. The ending for this U.S. edition was changed from the U.K. edition. "Outcasts of society, who pass unnoticed in "the hierarchy of visual interest," can make themselves invisible, a talent that is ironically, the "glamour" of the title" - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) ll-879. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 90.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3899
- Title
- THE GLAMOUR
- Author
- Priest, Christopher
- Book Condition
- Used - Remainder spray to bottom page edges, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (3899)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Horror . Fantasy
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
John W. Knott, Jr., BooksellerABAA/ILABFine First Editions
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