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The City of Dreaming Books: Available Copies
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The City of Dreaming Books by Moers, Walter
Paperback
ISBN: 9781590201114
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (2008)
Seller: Goodwill of Colorado (COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $5.06
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $5.06
This item is in overall acceptable condition. Covers and dust jackets are intact but may have heavy wear including creases, bends, edge wear, curled corners or minor tears as well as stickers or sticker-residue. Pages are intact but may have minor curls, bends or moderate to considerable highlighting/ writing. Binding is intact; however, spine may have heavy wear. A well-read copy overall. Please note that all items are donated goods and are in used condition. Orders shipped Monday through Friday! Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Orders shipped Monday through Friday. Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Thank you!
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The City of Dreaming Books by Moers, Walter
Paperback
ISBN: 9781590201114
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (2008)
Seller: 2nd Life Books (Burlington, NJ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $4.93
Shipping: $4.00
TOTAL Cost: $8.93
A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Dust jacket may be missing. Pages can include considerable highlighting markings writing but cannot obscure the text. May be an Ex-lib. copy and have standard library stamps and or stickers. May NOT include discs, or access code or other supplemental material. We ship Monday-Saturday and respond to inquiries within 24 hours.
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The City of Dreaming Books by Moers, Walter
Paperback
ISBN: 9781590201114
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (2008)
Seller: HPB-Movies (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $7.59
Shipping: $3.75
TOTAL Cost: $11.34
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The City of Dreaming Books by Moers, Walter
Paperback
ISBN: 9781590201114
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (2008)
Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $12.50
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TOTAL Cost: $12.50
Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers.
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The City of Dreaming Books by Moers, Walter
Paperback
ISBN: 9781590201114
Publisher: The Overlook Press (2008)
Seller: HPB-Ruby (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $8.99
Shipping: $3.75
TOTAL Cost: $12.74
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Seller: Blue Vase Books (Interlochen, MI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $12.79
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TOTAL Cost: $12.79
The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
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The City of Dreaming Books: A Novel of Zamonia by Moers, Walter: Translated from the Zamonia and Illustrated by Walter Moers whose German Text Was Translated into English by John Brownjohn
Paperback
ISBN: 9781590201114
Publisher: Overlook Press, Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc. (2008)
Seller: The Parnassus BookShop (Newport, WA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $10.00
Shipping: $5.25
TOTAL Cost: $15.25
Overlook Books, 2008. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Translated from the Zamonia and Illustrated by Walter Moers whose German Text Was Translated into English by John Brownjohn. 464 pages. 6 x 9 x1 inches. Black and white illustrations. Cover is clean, with worn edges and wear to spine head and heel, crease to lower front corner. Pages toned, quite clean, no marks, light ruffling of lower corner of first few pages. A fantastic tale for every book lover. Another zany Zamonian adventure from Walter Moers in which Optimus Yarnspinner sets off to track an unpublished manuscript by an unknown writer who disappeared into Bookholm--the so-called City of Dreaming Books.
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Seller: Irish Booksellers (Portland, ME, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $15.97
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $15.97
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The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
Paperback
ISBN: 9780099490579
Publisher: Vintage Books March 2007 (2007)
Seller: Copperfield's Used and Rare Books (Petaluma, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $15.00
Shipping: $3.99
TOTAL Cost: $18.99
Light crease to spine. Moderate edge wear. Pages tanned.
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