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Spider: A Novel
by McGrath, Patrick
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671665103
- ISBN 13
- 9780671665104
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Poseidon Press, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. (1st edition, 1st printing) Sturdy book, dark red cloth spine, dark blue boards, gilt lettering very bright on spine, dark blue color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 221 pages. DJ glossy white with a color-illustration of factory town, a wall, bridge and riverwalk on front, praise on back from New York Times and John Hawkes, among others. DJ has light smudge line down back right. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
Synopsis
Patrick McGrath was born in London and grew up near Broadmoor Hospital, where for many years his father was medical superintendent. He is the author of Blood and Water and Other Tales , The Grotesque , Spider , Dr. Haggard's Disease , and Martha Peake , and he was the co-editor, with Bradford Morrow, of The New York Gothic . He lives in New York City and London, and is married to actress Maria Aitken.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56458
- Title
- Spider: A Novel
- Author
- McGrath, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671665103
- ISBN 13
- 9780671665104
- Publisher
- Poseidon Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Mystery Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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- Fine
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