The Bridges of Madison County
by Waller, Robert James
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Warner, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($14.95), bumped at the head of the spine, a strip of fading down the rear spine fold. Green paper on the spine with light brown paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, former owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. Waller's classic Midwestern love story between a National Geographic photographer and an Italian bride living in southern Iowa. Famously adapted into the 1995 Clint Eastwood film starring Eastwood and Meryl Streep.
Synopsis
The Bridges of Madison County is a 1992 best-selling novel by Robert James Waller which tells the story of a married but lonely Italian woman, living in 1960s Madison County, Iowa, who engages in an affair with a National Geographic photographer from Bellingham, Washington who is visiting Madison County in order to create a photographic essay on the covered bridges in the area. The novel is presented as a novelization of a true story, but it is in fact entirely fiction.
Reviews
On Oct 24 2009, Chaku said:
Must read book !!!!!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9372
- Title
- The Bridges of Madison County
- Author
- Waller, Robert James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Warner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Books to Film, Romance, 20th Century Fiction, American Fiction, Iowa
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
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