A Death In the Family

by Agee, James

A Death in the Family is an autobiographical novel by author James Agee, set in Knoxville, Tennessee. He began writing it in 1948, but it was not quite complete when he died in 1955. It was edited and released posthumously in 1957 by editor David McDowell. Agee's widow and children were left with little money after Agee's death and McDowell wanted to help them by publishing the work. Agee won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1958 for the novel.

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1957
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New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good or better in a like jacket. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Price clipped jacket with slight wear to spine ends and corners. First state with blue print on title page and "walking" the first word on page 80.
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New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition with all points. Sunning to the edges of the boards else near fine in near fine dustwrapper with several small tears and foxing on the flaps. Agee's posthumously published, Pulitzer Prize winning novel. This copy is from the library of fellow Tennessee-born, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor… Read more about this item
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Book of the Month with the Club Notes and has a clean Slipcase. The dustjacket is still fragile and easily damaged like chipping and wear along the edges. And always remember never pull the book out by its spine, shake it out slightly till you can grab it securely by its body. The book has no writing and is unread… Read more about this item
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1957
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New York: McDowell Obolensky [1957], 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [12], 3-339, [3] pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on the front board and spine; light green topstain. Price of $3.95 on front jacket flap. First printing of the first edition, first issue as per Ahearn (Collected Books, 4th ed.). Winner of the Pulitzer Prize… Read more about this item
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New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1957. Novel of the death of a young father and its effects on his family, and life in Knoxville Tennessee before the Great War, published posthumously; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1958. First edition (first printing), first state, with title page in blue and textual error ("Walking" for 'Waking') on page 80. Hardcover,… Read more about this item
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1957
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VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Chipping to top of spine and right corner of same. Very minor chipping to bottom of spine and right corner of same. Minor chipping to top outside corners, both panels. Very small chips to top… Read more about this item
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1967
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1967. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to top corners, exceedingly gentle rubbing to rear corners, light soiling to fore-edge, extremely mild rubbing and faint sunning to spine head and foot, less than quarter inch tear to rear DJ-top edge, few tiny tears to DJ spine head and foot, faint soiling and fading to… Read more about this item
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New York: McDowell, Obolensky, (1957). New York: McDowell, Obolensky, (1957} First edition, first state (with title page printed in blue, and "walking" for "waking" on page 80, line 1) Octavo (85" x 575"), 6 preliminary leaves, 3 - 339, & [1] pp Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver & decorated in pale green, in pictorial dust jacketMargins sunned, dust… Read more about this item
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1957
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New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. Softcover. Near Fine. Advance Reading Copy. Octavo. 339pp. Printed French-folded wrappers. Spine lightly sunned with a bit of ripping and wear, else a bright, about fine copy. Agee's posthumously-published autobiographical novel, winner of the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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A DEATH IN THE FAMILY (1ST EDITION 2ND STATE)
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by James Agee

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First Edition
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1957
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Very dark Navy Blue cloth, under Bright light the lettering and publisher's emblem is silver, under normal light Author's name and Emblem is a pale green Silver, the mountains on the cover are a different shade green. The top edge is stained very dark blue(some faded), on page 80 the first word is Waking instead of Walking, ink on the… Read more about this item
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A Death In The Family

by James Agee

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1957
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Hardcover with dust jacket, published by McDowell Obolensky, 1957. The dust jacket is intact, though it has been price clipped at the top corner of the front flap. Iconic cover design by Alfred Manso. This is a 1957 second state, fourth printing copy with the correction made to page 80 changing the word "walking" to 'waking". Dust jacket has been… Read more about this item
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1957
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New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First State. Near Fine in an about Near Fine first issue jacket, unclipped ($3.95), bumped to creasing at the corners, lightly rubbed, toned on the back panel. Blue cloth, faded at the edges, with silver and green gilt on the spine and front board. Square and firmly… Read more about this item
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New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition, second state. Minor soiling thus near fine in a good dustwrapper with general wear.
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1957
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New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate sun-fading to extremities, else near fine in very good, chipped dust jacket.. 8vo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. 339, [3] pp. Original full blue cloth, titles in silver with simple mountain design stamped in green on upper cover & spine; in wonderful blue illustrated dust jacket. First Issue, with 'walking'… Read more about this item
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Very Good. First Edition. Softcover. First edition softcover. Advance reading copy in self-wrappers. Reading creases to spine and rubbing to wrappers. Erasure to ffep, pencilled bookseller note to rear endpage. Pulitzer Prize- winning work. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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A Death in the Family

A Death in the Family

by James Agee

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1957
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Third printing. Edge wear to the jacket. Bookplate and old price on the fep. Pages unmarked.
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A DEATH IN THE FAMILY (true 1st/1ST STATE=NOT BCE)
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by JAMES AGEE

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1957
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BLUE CLOTH,BLUE MAIN TITLE PAGE, BLUE TOP STAIN, PAGE 80 ERROR "Walking". defects are mainly lighten of the edges of the covers, spine bruising on the ends. Book is unread tightness, fairly clean page ends, no writing, DJ: has chips at the extreme ends, light rubbing, price intact, but seal spine bottom spine appears white(scarce), not yellow.
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A DEATH IN THE FAMILY

by Agee, James

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NY: McDowell, Obolensky, (1957). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Mild wear to covers, small stainto bottom edge, else near fine in lightly edgeworn jacket. Original blue cloth with title and cover ornament in silver and green, title page printed in blue, 339 pp. Typo on page 80: "Walking" instead of "Waking.
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1957
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NY: McDowell-Obolensky, 1957. Fading to spine of book and top edge of pages. Previous owner's names on front pastedown, partially hidden by the front flap of the dust jacket. This is the true first edition / first issue of this title Endsheets professionally restored and book tightened. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in silver and green. In… Read more about this item
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Peter Owen 1982. EX-LIBRARY, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
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