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A Model World
by Michael Chabon
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0688095534
- ISBN 13
- 9780688095536
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991. SIGNED. F/NF. 1st/1st. Stated First Edition, first printing with number line starting with 1. Signed by Chabon on the title page. Unread book is tight and square with sharp corners and clean unmarred boards. In the first issue binding with white endpapers -- the lavender/blue endpapers were left off an unknown number of copies in the first printing. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped. Mild toning to upper flaps otherwise Fine. Protected in a Brodart cover
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2206
- Title
- A Model World
- Author
- Michael Chabon
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688095534
- ISBN 13
- 9780688095536
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Signed Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
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Carrollton, Texas
About Armadillo Alley Books
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- Title Page
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