The Town
by Conrad Richter
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- Hardcover
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North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
The Town, Conrad Richter. Published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1978. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 362pp., illustrated by Conrad Hack. Full dark brown leather with gilt titles to banded spine and gilt design front and rear; all edges gilt; moire endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints; printed on archival paper. Limited edition of the 1951 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction. A beautiful copy in mint condition. The Franklin Library Pulitzer Prize Series was a limited edition series of the 53 Pulitzer Prizes awarded to Novels from the first in 1918 through 1979. The series was published from 1975 to 1980. They are highly sought after as collectibles. Several additional titles are available in this series; please inquire. Pulitzer Prize
Synopsis
The Town is a novel written by Conrad Richter in 1950. It is the third installment of his Awakening Land trilogy, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1951.
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- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA) (CA)
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- Title
- The Town
- Author
- Conrad Richter
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 0.00 lbs
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