Kara Kush: A Novel
by Shah, Idries
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812830989
- ISBN 13
- 9780812830989
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Briarcliff Manor, New York, USA: Stein & Day, 1986. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing of the First American Edition. Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition, archival protective cover. The first novel about the Afghan War written by an Afghan. Set during the Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan, it was first published in 1986 in Great Britain and became an immediate best seller. The historical background of Afghanistan helps understand today better. Red half cloth binding with deep orange boards; very clean and unmarked, lightly sunned on the upper edge. Tight and solid, square. Internals quite clean, no markings. Clean jacket with a resistance fighter on front, lightly rumpled along upper edge. 575 pages. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. 1986, Stein & Day Pub, Briarcliff Manor, New York, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012649
- Title
- Kara Kush: A Novel
- Author
- Shah, Idries
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0812830989
- ISBN 13
- 9780812830989
- Publisher
- Stein & Day
- Place of Publication
- Briarcliff Manor, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- AFGHANISTAN, HISTORY AFGHANISTAN SOVIET OCCUPATION;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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