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Earthly Possessions - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Tyler, Anne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394411471
- ISBN 13
- 9780394411477
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394411471 . First edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition with lightly soiled boards and page edges and spine in just about Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Anne Tyler directly on the title page; Author's seventh novel. Charlotte Emory, a recent divorcee from Clarion, Maryland, is taken hostage during a bank robbery. "Now , suddenly, she is on the road, traveling with Jake Simms, Jr. --demolition derby driver, recent escapee from the Clarion County jail, 'victim of impulse." And we are swept surely, matter-of-factly, exuberently along with her, on her always anticipated journey and its altogether unexpected reshaping of her vision of the past and her image of the future" --from the rear flap; 8vo; [vi], 197, [5] pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Anne Tyler is the bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Breathing Lessons , and many other acclaimed works of fiction. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post , and Harper's . She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her husband and two children.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32866
- Title
- Earthly Possessions - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Tyler, Anne
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394411471
- ISBN 13
- 9780394411477
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Literature
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