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SLOW LEARNER: Early Stories by Thomas Pynchon
by Pynchon, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0316724424
- ISBN 13
- 9780316724425
- Seller
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Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1984. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/fine. 8vo. Gray cloth, with gilt spine and cover lettering. Teal end papers. 193 pages. Light foxing to top text block. No names, remainder marks, or marks to text. In illustrated dust-jacket (with price intact).
A crisp, bright, unmarked copy.
A crisp, bright, unmarked copy.
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
- Waugh Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6419
- Title
- SLOW LEARNER:
- Author
- Pynchon, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316724424
- ISBN 13
- 9780316724425
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1984
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