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First edition
Mother Tongue
Demetria Martínez
Ballantine Books (One World), New York, 1996. Later (first ballantine books edition, not the true first) edition.
$20One copy · this copy
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- Book
- Fine
- Jacket
- Near Fine
- Jacket note
- The dust jacket grades Near Fine.
- Our ref
- RCB-e5e78144b400
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-e5e78144b400 · 7 photographs of this copy
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True first published by Bilingual Press, Tempe AZ, 1994
examined on the copy in hand
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This copy is the First Ballantine Books (One World) edition, September 1996
examined on the copy in hand
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Copyright page states 'This edition published by arrangement with Bilingual Press'
examined on the copy in hand
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Priced jacket ($21.00 / $28.95 Canada) rules out a book club copy
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Number line lowest digit is 2
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
1
light edge/handling wear to jacket, front panel
noted on the copy in hand
2
faint soiling to jacket rear panel
noted on the copy in hand
This copy
First edition
What a true first shows: Bilingual Review Press (Bilingual Press), Tempe, AZ, 1994
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.