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A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
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- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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About This Item
First American Edition, First Printing. Inscribed and Signed by the Author. 186 pages.
Hardcover Dimensons (approx): H 8in" x L 5.5in"
Second issue dust jacket with commentator's black and green blurbs on front and rear panels; author photo and biography on rear flap. Dust jacket soiled; front flap with trimmed corners but publisher's $3.50 price present at upper right; dj presented in a plastic protector.
Light blue cloth; Darkened top; hardcover edges & spine have some toning, as pictured.
Author's ink inscription "To Jean Trebbi - | With all best regards - | John Knowles | on front free endpaper.; Interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm.
The book's inscribee is Jean Trebbi (1936-2023), librarian and pioneer within Broward County, Florida, and United States Library systems. During her 30+ year career, Jean created the nationwide "Center of the Book" program, established the national Literary Landmark program, Co-Founded the 1st first annual Key West Literary Seminar, hosted the cable TV-show "Library Edition", and traveled internationally to share her literary expertise. This book was acquired throughout Jean's extensive and far-reaching career.
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Synopsis
Knowles drew on his own experiences at a New England boarding school in order to write this haunting story about the friendship between Gene and Finny. Effectively polar opposites and yet fiercely devoted to each other, Gene and Finny develop a rivalry that sustains each of them. Gene especially tries to emulate Finny's positive qualities to make himself better. But their friendship takes a dark turn as a result of a rash decision that Gene makes while the two are perched on a tree branch. The fallout and ensuing tragedy haunt Gene for the rest of his life. A Separate Peace is a stirring meditation on adolescence, masculinity, guilt, and friendship. Knowles's classic is an uneasy coming-of-age, set at a boys' boarding school among the desperately carefree 16-year-olds of 1942: too young, still, to be drafted into the war outside; too old to evade the responsibilities and the guilt that follows from the breaking of their fraught and fragile private bonds.
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Details
- Bookseller
- ACT Ice House
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB114
- Title
- A Separate Peace
- Author
- John Knowles
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Date Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 186
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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Selling books from the estate of a career librarian's personal collection.
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