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First edition
A Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry
Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First edition, first printing.
$40One copy · this copy
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- Book
- Near Fine
- Jacket
- Near Fine
- Jacket note
- The dust jacket grades Near Fine.
- Our ref
- RCB-f0a1e528070c
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-f0a1e528070c · 9 photographs of this copy
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Copyright page states "First U.S. Edition" and "1st American ed."
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Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. imprint, distributed by Random House
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ISBN 0-679-44608-7 on copyright page and rear jacket barcode
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Front flap price "FPT $26.00" present (priced, not book club)
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Rear flap carries jacket date code 4/96
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No number line and no later-printing statement present (Knopf states its firsts and adds a number line on reprints)
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Flaws, each one named
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light edge wear to jacket flap folds
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faint toning to page-block edges
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minor shelf rubbing to jacket extremities
noted on the copy in hand
This copy
First edition
What a true first shows: McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1995, cloth in jacket (true first; this copy is the first U.S. edition, Knopf, 1996)
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.