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Slow Learner : Early Stories
by Pynchon, Thomas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316724424
- ISBN 13
- 9780316724425
- Seller
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Brentwood, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1984 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Stated first edition,A fine copy in a near-fine dustwrapper that shows a scant of soiling on the rear panel and a few nicks along extremities. The head and foot of the spine are lightly bumped. Pynchon's only collection of stories. protected by brodart. some normal edgewear to DJ. .
Synopsis
Slow Learner is the 1984 published collection of six early novellas by the American novelist Thomas Pynchon. The book is also notable for its introduction, written by Pynchon. His comments on the stories after reading them again for the first time in many years, and his recollection of the events surrounding their creation, amount to the author's only autobiographical comments to his readers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tome Raiders (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000774
- Title
- Slow Learner : Early Stories
- Author
- Pynchon, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316724424
- ISBN 13
- 9780316724425
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- thomas pynchon, Slow Learner, first edition
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About the Seller
Tome Raiders
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Brentwood, Tennessee
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