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The Law of Enclosures
by Peck, Dale
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0374184194
- ISBN 13
- 9780374184193
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0374184194 . SIGNED by author on full title page. First US Edition. "The Law of Enclosures gives us Henry and Beatrice: we first see them as they fall in love and set up house together; and we see them again forty years later, stuck in a loveless marriage that is suddenly transformed by a bold new wave of desire." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed and loose. Minor edge wear. Small bumps on spine ends and top corners. Faint soiling to edges of pages. Overall, book is clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear. Tiny creases on corners and spine ends. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 306 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75496
- Title
- The Law of Enclosures
- Author
- Peck, Dale
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374184194
- ISBN 13
- 9780374184193
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- 0374184194
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Shelf Wear
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
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- Title Page
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