AN END AND A BEGINNING.
by Hanley, James (1897-1985)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some toning, especially to the spine of the dj, but overall a tight and attractive copy of a/near fine
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About This Item
New York:: Horizon Press,, (1958). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some toning, especially to the spine of the dj, but overall a tight and attractive copy of an uncommon first edition) . First US printing. The final book in his five novel sequence, The Furys, considered some of his finest work - In the previous novel, young Peter Fury, confused by his mother's ambition for him, was driven to commit a crime for which he was sent to prison for fifteen years. This story opens with his release, still a relatively young man, and as Peter gropes his way back to normal life, taking refuge in the girlhood home of his brother's wife, the extraordinary circumstances of his past are revealed and we observe his coming to terms with the future. 315 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85468
- Title
- AN END AND A BEGINNING.
- Author
- Hanley, James (1897-1985)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some toning, especially to the spine of the dj, but overall a tight and attractive copy of a
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Horizon Press,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1958)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern first editions;
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