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How to Stop Time: Heroin from A to Z
by Marlowe, Ann
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0465031501
- ISBN 13
- 9780465031504
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Basic Books, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near Fine ; Near Fine 1999 Basic Books. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has black paper-covered boards with silver spine lettering. Red endpapers. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. 297 pages. Glossy dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at the edges. Jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
Synopsis
Ann Marlowe is a New York writer and critic who has written on music, books, and culture for The Village Voice , LA Weekly , Artforum , and Bookforum . She lives in New York City.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8430
- Title
- How to Stop Time: Heroin from A to Z
- Author
- Marlowe, Ann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0465031501
- ISBN 13
- 9780465031504
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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