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RANSOM
by McInerney, Jay
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0394549953
- ISBN 13
- 9780394549958
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Vintage, 1985. First edition (stated). Near fine in very good plus jacket.. Signed first printing of McInerney's second novel, a story of violence and disillusionment for an American expatriate in Japan. 8'' x 5.25''. Original blue cloth. In original price-clipped dust jacket. 279, [1] pages. Signed by McInerney on title page. Light foxing to edges of text block. Light wear and soil to jacket edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47375
- Title
- RANSOM
- Author
- McInerney, Jay
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0394549953
- ISBN 13
- 9780394549958
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- 20th century,1980s,US American
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
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- Fine
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- Title Page
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