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Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life
by Adams, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374281157
- ISBN 13
- 9780374281151
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. A memoir by the acclaimed and controversial composer of Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer, and Doctor Atomic, among others. Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his 9/11 memorial piece On the Transmigration of Souls. First printing. Spine ends gently bumped with corresponding crimps to the jacket. Price clipped, in new Brodart. Signed by Adams, without inscription, on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Includes index.
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- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C150271
- Title
- Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life
- Author
- Adams, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0374281157
- ISBN 13
- 9780374281151
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography/Autobiography; Music;
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About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Fine
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