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Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670022691
- ISBN 13
- 9780670022694
- Seller
-
Walcott, Iowa, United States
Item Price
A$503.56A$453.20
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About This Item
Viking,2011. Near fine First Edition (stated), first printing with requiste number line ending in "1". Repaired 1 in. paper defect on front paste-down shows well with no paper loss. Quarter-bound in dark gray with gray boards with gold lettering to front and spine. Unclipped ($26.95) jacket has minor shelf wear and an inapparent Autographed Copy sticker "ghost" on front of jacket. Jacket protected with removable mylar cover. Signed in black ink on the half title page with an added stamp of the Graf Zeppelin above the title. Perhaps better known as the author of A Gentleman In Moscow (2016), this is the author's first novel. Set in 1937 it is the story of twenty-five year old Katey Kontent as she moves through the social strata of New York City. Will her best choice(s) turn into her worst regret(s). 9.25x6.25
Synopsis
Unabridged, 9 CDs, 11 1/2 hours Read by TBA A sophisticated and entertaining debut novel about an irresistible young woman with outsized dreams.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lamplighter Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 167
- Title
- Rules of Civility
- Author
- Amor Towles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0670022691
- ISBN 13
- 9780670022694
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 335
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Wall Street, money, Greenwich Village, jazz
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