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Virgin Time: In Search of the Contemplative Life
by Hampl, Patricia
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374284407
- ISBN 13
- 9780374284404
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992. Second printing. Spine ends gently bumped with a few faint spots on the upper edge of the text block. Jacket crimped at the edges with a crease to the lower corner of the rear flap, spine slightly sunned, in new Brodart. Inscribed and signed by Hampl, dated Jan. 1993, on the half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed By the Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C150378
- Title
- Virgin Time: In Search of the Contemplative Life
- Author
- Hampl, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374284407
- ISBN 13
- 9780374284404
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Bookseller catalogs
- Minnesota/Regional; Self Help;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Jacket
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- Text Block
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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