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Where the Past Begins - A Writer's Memoir (SIGNED, DATED)
by AMY TAN
- New
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0062319299
- ISBN 13
- 9780062319296
- Seller
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Monkton, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
HARDCOVER. SIGNED. Where the Past Begins - A Writer's Memoir by Amy Tan (2017). SIGNED, and Dated, (1 Sept 18), by the author, Amy Tan, to the Full Title page. Brand New and Never owned. This is a FIRST Edition, FIRST Printing copy, as stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket is also Brand new. No tears, marks, creases, remainder marks, library markings, or black lines on the edges. Not inscribed to anyone. Not price-clipped, not a Book Club Edition (BCE), or signed on a bookplate. True Collectible Quality. First Edition, First Printing, hand SIGNED & DATED, 1Sept 18, to full title page. No inscription; full signature plus 1 Sept 18 only. From an event featuring Amy Tan at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. on September 1, 2018. The book will be carefully wrapped and mailed via USPS with free Delivery Confirmation. **** Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life, Saving Fish from Drowning, and two children's books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat, which was adapted into a PBS television series. Tan was also a co-producer and co-screenwriter of the film version of The Joy Luck Club. Her essays and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, and her work has been translated into thirty-five languages. ISBN: 978-0062-3192-96. BS12370.
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- Bookseller
- Charm City Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BS12276
- Title
- Where the Past Begins - A Writer's Memoir (SIGNED, DATED)
- Author
- AMY TAN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket in an Acid-Free Cover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0062319299
- ISBN 13
- 9780062319296
- Publisher
- Ecco; First Edition (October 17, 2017)
- Place of Publication
- UNITED STATES
- Date Published
- Oct 17, 2017
- Keywords
- ESSAYS, FICTION, BIOGRAPHIES, AUTHORS, ARTS & LITERATURE, MEMOIRS, RESEARCH & PUBLISHING GUIDES, FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED BOOKS, AMY TAN,
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED BOOKS;
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About the Seller
Charm City Books
Biblio member since 2004
Monkton, Maryland
About Charm City Books
I sell mostly Modern First Editions. Most of my inventory is Hand Signed First Edition/First Printing Hardcovers. I also carry a collection of Brand New & Like New, Signed and Unsigned Franklin Library & Easton Press Books. I will accept offers on any book I have. If your offer is accepted, you are committed to buy. I will then reduce the price of the item ON THIS SITE so you can purchase the item or book on this site using their check-out...
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