Utz
by Chatwin, Bruce
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Nearly fine copy in nearly dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670824976
- ISBN 13
- 9780670824977
- Seller
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Pittsford, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press. Nearly fine copy in nearly dust jacket. 1989. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, Remainder mark fore-edge, else fine. .
Synopsis
Bruce Chatwin 's bestselling novel traces the fortunes of Kaspar Utz, an enigmatic collector of Meissen porcelain living in Cold War Czechoslovakia. Although Utz is allowed to leave the country each year, and considers defecting each time, he always returns to his Czech home, a prisoner of the Communist state and of his precious collection.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Abacus Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS011835I
- Title
- Utz
- Author
- Chatwin, Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Nearly fine copy in nearly dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0670824976
- ISBN 13
- 9780670824977
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
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