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Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
by John Irving
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394280105
- ISBN 13
- 9780394280103
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Alfred a Knopf Canada, 1993. First Canadian Edition Stated . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 7 1/2" X 4 3/4. By the author of The World According to Garp. Autobiographical introduction about life with Grandma on Front Street entitled Trying to Save Piggy Sneed. Plus: Interior Space, Almost in Iowa, Weary Kingdom, Brennbar's Rant, Other People's Dreams, The Pension Grillparzer and The King of the Novel. 250 pp. Black cloth covered boards have as-new gilt text on spine. Book has small spot that has lost its gloss near head of spine, on front, ow book is as new. Unclipped ($24.00) DJ has bit of creasing. Bookseller's Inventory # 133244.
Synopsis
John Irving is the author of seven magnificent novels, all available in Ballantine paperbacks. His most recent novel is A Prayer for Owen Meany . He lives in Vermont.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003244
- Title
- Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
- Author
- John Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition Stated
- ISBN 10
- 0394280105
- ISBN 13
- 9780394280103
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 7 1/2" X 4 3/4
Terms of Sale
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Lyndhurst, Ontario
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About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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