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The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399134204
- ISBN 13
- 9780399134203
- Seller
-
Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Gray and green boards with gold writing on spine; Chinese image and book title embossed in gold on front board. Bottom of book spine slightly rumpled; bottom corner of back board bumped. Slight discoloration on top edges of front and back board; chips on top corners of front dust jacket where it meets spine and front dust jacket flap. Top of dust jacket book spine also slightly rolled away; price of $18.95 and 8903 on front dust jacket flap. Book has overall tight binding and pages still look in good condition with slight yellowing.
Putnam Adult First Edition, Seventh Printing as indicated by number line of "7 8 9 10" on copyright page.
Tan's classic first novel about four Chines women and their 40-year history; it has been made into a movie in 1993. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
Putnam Adult First Edition, Seventh Printing as indicated by number line of "7 8 9 10" on copyright page.
Tan's classic first novel about four Chines women and their 40-year history; it has been made into a movie in 1993. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
Synopsis
The Joy Luck Club (1989) is a best-selling novel written by Amy Tan. It focuses on four Chinese American immigrant families who start a club known as "the Joy Luck Club," playing the Chinese game of Mahjong for money while feasting on a variety of foods. The book is structured somewhat like a mahjong game, with four parts divided into four sections to create sixteen chapters.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TAN001
- Title
- The Joy Luck Club
- Author
- Amy Tan
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; Seventh Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399134204
- ISBN 13
- 9780399134203
- Publisher
- Putnam Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989-03-22
- Pages
- 288
- Keywords
- amy tan; the joy luck club
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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The game is afoot!
I focus on modern first edition, first printings, but have been lately finding first editions, later printings of older novels in my inventory. I'm also highlighting a lot of signed books that I've found.
I will also gladly search for and offer well-priced books of all kinds. If there's something you'd love to have, either send me a message here or go to https://cases.sherlockjoes.com and Open a Case!
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Number Line
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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