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Truth: Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell
by Douglas, Ellen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1565122143
- ISBN 13
- 9781565122147
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1998. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket/Very Good. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by the author at the title page. Crisp and clean; binding tight; hard cover shows only mild rubbing and softening at the spine ends, jacket a little shallow wrinkling at the spine head, a small pressure mark at the upper left front, and gentle shelf rubbing at corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent.; Signed by Author.
Synopsis
Ellen Douglas, whose real name is Josephine Haxton , was born in Natchez, Mississippi, and published her first novel, A Family's Affairs , in 1962. This first endeavor, as well as her short-story collection Black Cloud, White Cloud were both included in The New York Times Book Review 's year's ten best listings. Her fourth novel, Apostles of Light , was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1973. Now seventy-eight years old, she makes her home in Jackson, Mississippi.
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- Bookseller
- The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 064377
- Title
- Truth: Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell
- Author
- Douglas, Ellen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1565122143
- ISBN 13
- 9781565122147
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill
- Date Published
- 1998
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed by Author;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
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About The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- Inscribed
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