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THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER
por Welty, Eudora
- Usado
- Assinado
- Condição
- Fine in original box.
- Livreiro
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1980. First edition thus. Fine in original box.. Signed limited edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning short novel. Revised from a shorter version first published in THE NEW YORKER, THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER is a novel about "death and class," set in New Orleans and Mississippi and centering around a woman's battle with her stepmother during and after the last days of her father's life. In the words of THE NEW YORK TIMES's glowing contemporary review, "a long goodbye in a very short space not only to the dead but to delusion as well." A beautifully presented copy of one of Welty's greatest works. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Full red gilt leather. All edges gilt. Silk moire endpapers, satin bookmark and tissue guard for the signature page. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. With introduction by Welty, penned especially for this edition. 194 pages. "Notes from the Editors" booklet laid-in, as issued. In original cardboard box with original foam insert still present. Boc a little worn. Else bright, sharp, clean, and tight.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 50809
- Título
- THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER
- Autor
- Welty, Eudora
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Fine in original box.
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First edition thus
- Editorial
- Franklin Library
- Local de publicação
- Franklin Center, PA
- Data de publicação
- 1980
- Palavras-chave
- Woman Author,US American,1970s,20th century,Limited Edition,Pulitzer
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- Gilt
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