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Our House in the Last World
by Hijuelos, Oscar
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- ISBN 10
- 0892550694
- ISBN 13
- 9780892550692
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Persea, 1983. First edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. 8vo, 235 pp. Author's first novel. Head and heel of spine and corners of boards lightly bumped, shelfwear to bottom edges of boards, light soiling to page edges, some stains/soiling to last few blank leaves. Jacket sunned and worn, a bit soiled, with numous chips, tears and small pieces missing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17569
- Title
- Our House in the Last World
- Author
- Hijuelos, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0892550694
- ISBN 13
- 9780892550692
- Publisher
- Persea
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
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About the Seller
ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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Portland, Oregon
About ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- First Edition
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