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Things of the Hidden God: Journey to the Holy Mountain
by Merrill, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0679463054
- ISBN 13
- 9780679463054
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About This Item
Random House, 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page, with no date or inscription. Clean except for a prior owner's name on the blank page preceding the half-title; hard cover is modestly softened at spine ends, and dust jacket shows a very small edge tear at the spine head and a short, rough scratch at the top rear, otherwise well-kept, with the jacket now protected in a clear sleeve. xix, 280pp.; Signed by Author.
Synopsis
CHRISTOPHER MERRILL’s books include four collections of poetry, including Watch Fire , for which he received the Peter I. B. Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets; translations; several edited volumes; and three books of nonfiction, The Grass of Another Country: A Journey Through the World of Soccer; The Old Bridge: The Third Balkan War and the Age of the Refugee; and Only the Nails Remain: Scenes from the Balkan Wars . A literary critic and journalist, his work has been translated into sixteen languages. He has held the William H. Jenks Chair in Contemporary Letters at the College of the Holy Cross, and now directs the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. He and his wife, the violinist Lisa Gowdy-Merrill, have two daughters, Hannah and Abigail.
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- Bookseller
- The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00082439
- Title
- Things of the Hidden God: Journey to the Holy Mountain
- Author
- Merrill, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679463054
- ISBN 13
- 9780679463054
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
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