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MY LIFE AS A FAKE; A Novel by Peter Carey
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375414983
- ISBN 13
- 9780375414985
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial B&W dust jacket (unclipped) with steel-nibbed pen designed by Chip Kidd, photographic half tone endpapers, [viii] + 265, [266] + [2] Blank + [2] Author's Note + [2] Blank + [2] Acknowledgements + [2] Blank + [2] A Note on the Type. 1 lbs 3.5 oz. Peter Philip Carey AO (born 1943) is an Australian novelist. Carey has won the Miles Franklin Award three times and is frequently named as Australia's next contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Carey is one of only five writers to have won the Booker Prize twice. My LIfe As A Fake is based on the Ern Malley hoax of 1943, in which two poets created a fictitious poet, Ern Malley, and submitted poems in his name to the literary magazine Angry Penguins. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the Author and in SUPERIOR CONDITION. Tight, bright, clean copy in a sharp and clean dust jacket (unclipped) that has traces of wear.
Synopsis
Peter Carey received the Booker Prize for Oscar and Lucinda , and again for True History of the Kelly Gang . His other honors include the Commonwealth Prize and the Miles Franklin Award. The author of seven previous novels and a collection of stories, he was born in Australia in 1943 and now lives in New York City. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5984
- Title
- MY LIFE AS A FAKE; A Novel by Peter Carey
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0375414983
- ISBN 13
- 9780375414985
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
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Borg Antiquarian
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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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