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THE GANGSTER OF LOVE
by Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395754127
- ISBN 13
- 9780395754122
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED by Author on title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth with scarlet lettering on spine over black boards; archival polyester-protected pictorial & photographic dust jacket (unclipped) by Michaela Sullivan; red endpapers, 311 pages. Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn (born 1949) is a Filipino playwright, writer, poet, and multimedia performance artist.<br/><br/>This is a complex family saga that involves creativity (a band named "The Gangster of Love"). It moves from the Philippines to San Francisco and LA; then to NYCity; back to San Fran, and with several themes resolved back in the Philippines. <br/><br/>SUPERIOR CONDITION: Tight, bright, clean copy. Dust jacket is clean with some very slight edgewear. No remainder marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6766
- Title
- THE GANGSTER OF LOVE
- Author
- Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395754127
- ISBN 13
- 9780395754122
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- San Francisco, Jimmi Hendrix, business, music, guitarist, love, artist, New York City,m band sex, drugs, LA, Philippines, miscarriage, Marcos', Tagalog
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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