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First edition
Billy Bathgate
E. L. Doctorow
Random House, 1989. First edition, first printing.
$25One copy · this copy
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- Book
- Fine
- Jacket
- Near Fine
- Jacket note
- The dust jacket grades Near Fine.
- Our ref
- RCB-d78f759e0ca5
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-d78f759e0ca5 · 8 photographs of this copy
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Copyright 1989 Random House
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"First Trade Edition" stated on copyright verso
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Number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 (Random House convention: line stops at 2 on a first)
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Price $19.95 present on front jacket flap / barcode 51995
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Jacket design Paul Bacon; code 2/89 on rear flap
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ISBN 0-394-52529-9 (trade); lim. ed. 0-394-57513-X
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Flaws, each one named
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light surface/edge handling to jacket, especially spine and head
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faint toning to jacket
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This copy
First edition
What a true first shows: Random House, New York, 1989, cloth in dust jacket (first trade edition; a Franklin Library limited edition also appeared)
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.