The Sparrow
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Overview:
- Title: The Sparrow
- Author: Mary Doria Russell
- Year: 1996
- ISBN-10: 0679451501
- Publisher: Villard / Random House
- Price: $23.00
- Pages: 408
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: The Sparrow
- Notes:
- On copyright page: "First Edition", printing line "9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2" (ends in "2"), "Copyright (c) 1996 by Mary Doria Russell" and ISBN.
- Also verified are the other first printing points as noted by multiple ABE booksellers (including L.W. Currey): "karstic" instead of "karst," page 16, line 12; "thirty two feet per second" instead of "thirty two feet per second per second," page 95, lines 9-10; and first issue dust jacket with the photograph on back flap credited to "Dina Ross" instead of "Dina Rossi."
- On jacket front flap: "FPT", "U.S.A. $23.00" and "Canada $32.00".
- On jacket back flap: "10/96" publication date, and jacket art credit to Giotto di Bondone.
- PV3's copy has all the above chararcteristics but has only "FPT" (no prices) on jacket front flap.