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Mostly Harmless
by Douglas Adams
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0517577402
- ISBN 13
- 9780517577400
- Seller
-
Hopkins, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harmony Books, 1992. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First US Edition, First Printing. Price sticker on the ffep otherwise the interior is clean and bright, and the binding is tight. The dust jacket has minor shelf wear. Bound in publisher's original quarter cloth and paper covered boards with the spine stamped in gilt.
Synopsis
Mostly Harmless is a novel by Douglas Adams and the fifth book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. It is described on the cover of the first editions as "The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhikers Trilogy".
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- Bookseller
- Walther's Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005128
- Title
- Mostly Harmless
- Author
- Douglas Adams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0517577402
- ISBN 13
- 9780517577400
- Publisher
- Harmony Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 277
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- HITCHHIKERS_TRILOGY HUMOR SATIRE FICTION
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Walther's Books
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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