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Waiting to Exhale
by McMillan, Terry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670839809
- ISBN 13
- 9780670839803
- Seller
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Charlotte Hall, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Pr, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Four African American women lean on each other while waiting for the perfect man. Correct full number line sequence. No marks, underlining, bookplates, or writing save for a former owner's name which takes up most of the front free endpaper. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true, and the corners are square. Textblock edges are slightly soiled/foxed but otherwise this is a very clean, crisp copy. Dust jacket is not price-clipped and is in great shape but for one 1" and one 1/2" tear along the upper corners and a 1/2" section of wear along the foreedge. This collectible, very good, first edition/first printing copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!
Synopsis
The classic novel of triumph, revenge, and friendship-now in a premium edition From the critically-acclaimed author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back comes this wise, down-to-earth story of a friendship between four African American women who lean on each other while "waiting to exhale"-waiting for that man who will take their breath away.
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- rarefirstscom
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000320
- Title
- Waiting to Exhale
- Author
- McMillan, Terry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670839809
- ISBN 13
- 9780670839803
- Publisher
- Viking Pr
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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