All the King's Men
by Warren, Robert Penn; O'Neal, Hank (photog.)
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About This Item
NY: Limited Editions Club [1989]. Limited edition, #18 of 600 copies signed by Warren and O'Neal at the colophon. Two volumes. 11.5" x 9". xiv, 254, [4]; [10], 259-587, [5] pp. With 10 plates of photogravures, each with onion-skin guard laid in. Quarter-bound in black morocco and beige cloth over boards, gilt-stamped spine titles, plain endpapers; housed in black cloth slipcase. Monthly newsletter and letterpress "Photogravure" insert laid in. A few faint scratches to spines, else Fine in Near Fine slipcase showing minor shelfwear and rubbing. An impressive edition of Warren's masterpiece - winner of the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for fiction - illustrated with O'Neal's photographs taken in Louisiana and Texas during 1988-9.
Synopsis
All the King's Men is a novel by Robert Penn Warren, first published in 1946. The novel's title is drawn from the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. In 1947 Warren won the Pulitzer Prize for All the King's Men. It was adapted for film in 1949 and 2006; the 1949 version won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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- Title
- All the King's Men
- Author
- Warren, Robert Penn; O'Neal, Hank (photog.)
- Book Condition
- New AsNew
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club [1989]
- Place of Publication
- NY
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- 0.00 lbs
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- Hardcover
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