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Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel
by George Saunders
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0812995341
- ISBN 13
- 9780812995343
- Seller
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Walcott, Iowa, United States
Item Price
A$340.87A$306.78
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About This Item
Random House. New York. 2017. Fine First Edition (stated), first printing quater-bound in black with blue cloth boards and gilt lettering to spine. Signed on second flyleaf in blue marker with date (2017) in yellow. Near fine unclipped ($28.00) jacket shows ghost of former signed copy sticker on jacket back. Bardo, the space between life and rebirth sets the stage for the first novel by the author. The story, in relation to Bardo, relates to the grief Abraham Lincoln felt after the death of his son Willie, in 1862. Recall, the Civil War (1861-1865) was raging at the time the story takes place. Ranked as one of the best novels of the past ten years, the book won the Booker Prize (the annual prize for the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland) in 2017. 9.5x6.25 in. 341 pg. with two unnumbered pages (CVII and CV III) at end
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- Bookseller
- Lamplighter Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 237
- Title
- Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel
- Author
- George Saunders
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0812995341
- ISBN 13
- 9780812995343
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2017
- Pages
- 341
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- supernatural, life after death, Civil War
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