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A PLACE TO COME TO; A Novel
by Warren, Robert Penn
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394410645
- ISBN 13
- 9780394410647
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED by the Author on a publisher's tipped-in front endpaper, 8vo (8 1/2" x 6"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over tan boards blindstamped RWP, archival mylar-protected gold-lettered black dust jacket (unclipped), ochre endpapers, 401 pages. Krochs & Brentanos' "1st Edition Circle" bookmark laid in. Robert Penn Warren (1905 - 1989) was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic and one of the founders of the New Criticism. He received the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel for ALL THE KING'S MEN (1946) and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1958 and 1979. He is the only person to have won Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and poetry. He was honored to become the first poet laureate of the United States.<br /> <br /> A PLACE TO COME TO is a novel about Jed Tewksbury who tries to escape his backwoods origins in Nashville, Tennessee.<br /> <br /> SIGNED & in SUPERIOR CONDITION internally & externally. Light wear to the unclipped dust jacket. No previous owner or remainder markings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8602
- Title
- A PLACE TO COME TO; A Novel
- Author
- Warren, Robert Penn
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394410645
- ISBN 13
- 9780394410647
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- country, novel, rural, poverty, tennessee, whites, ignorance
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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