The Finishing School
by Godwin, Gail
Gail Godwin has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the 1981 Award in Literature from the National Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Three of her critically acclaimed novels, The Odd Woman, Violet Clay, and A Mother and Two Daughters, were nominated for the National Book Award. Her other highly praised books include Evensong, The Good Husband, A Southern Family, The Perfectionists, and Father Melancholy's Daughter.
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by Godwin, Gail
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PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Gail Godwin is primary literary accomplishments are her novels, which have included five best-sellers and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Finishing School
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Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1984. First Printing. Hardcover. Green leather with all edges gilt and silk ribbon marker. Decorative endpapers and color frontispiece illustration by Milton Kobayashi. Limited first edition, privately printed, and signed by the author on the front flyleaf. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 322 pages . Item Price
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The Finishing School: A Novel
by Gail Godwin
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- 1985
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Viking, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: . Signed by Author. Light shelf wear, pages yellowed; perfume odor inside; a good sound binding. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. The jacket has some wear and tear to the edges; discoloring, a few creases; price intact. Illustrator: . Quantity Available:… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Finishing School (Signed First Edition)
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Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. A special edition from the Signed First Edition Society. Includes a special message from Godwin not present in the trade edition. A very near fine copy in decorated full leather binding with all page edges gilt and a bound in silk book marker with a few faint scratches to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gail Godwin's The Finishing School (Signed First Edition Society) 1st Limited Edition. Franklin Library, A special Limited First edition/First printing preceding the trade edition, SIGNED by author Gail Godwin in unread fine condition. This book is bound in genuine leather with raised bands and features gilded sewn-in pages with a satin marker. Superb quality; 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Finishing School
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 322pp. Full dark green leather decorated in gold on the sides and the spine, all edges gilt. Frontispiece by Milt Kobayashi. With an introduction by the author written specifically for this edition. Bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. A fine copy. ; Octavo; Signed by Author.
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The Finishing School
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The Franklin Library. Fine. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Signed first edition collection. Full leather binding, gilt lettering in 22k Gold, moire fabric endpapers, satin ribbon marker still in original position. Signed by author on a special tipped in page; Signed by Author . Item Price
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The Finishing School
by GODWIN, Gail
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- 1984
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1984. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Full leather gilt. Frontispiece by Milt Kobayashi. Fine. One of an unspecified number of copies Signed by the author with a message not included in the trade edition. Item Price
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The Finishing School - 1st Edition/1st Printing
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- 1984
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition, SIGNED by author Gail Godwin in unread fine condition, only minor scrape separate this copy from As New; Justin Stokes would never forget the summer she turned fourteen. In the little pondside hut also … Read more about this item Item Price
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- 1984
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition and true first edition/first printing, preceding the trade edition. Unread Fine condition and is SIGNED by author Gail Godwin; Justin Stokes would never forget the summer she turned fourteen. In the little pondside hut also known as the “finishing school, … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Finishing School - 1st Edition/1st Printing
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. As New. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition preceding the trade edition, SIGNED by author Gail Godwin. This book has never been read and is in As New condition; Justin Stokes would never forget the summer she turned fourteen. In the little pondside hut also known as… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Finishing School
by Godwin, Gail
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- 1984
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1984. 1st. Hardcover. Privately printed, and personally signed by the author, for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Bound in publisher's original green composition leather with the covers and spine stamped in gilt. Two raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers.
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The Finishing School
by Gail Godwin
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- 1984
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1984 Limited first edition signed by the author. Green leather binding, gilt edged pages, silk book mark, all the hallmarks Franklin Library is known for. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders. Item Price
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The Finishing School
by Godwin, Gail
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- 1985
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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New York: Viking, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. SIGNED by author to title page. Quarter green cloth, blue paper boards. 322 pp. Fine in price clipped dust jacket. Item Price
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The Finishing School.
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Franklin Center:: Franklin Library,. Near Fine. 1984. Hardcover. Limited first edition. SIGNED by the author. Publisher's letter laid in. Octavo, fully bound in green leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Near fine. ; 322 pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
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The Finishing School
by Gail Godwin
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Dowagiac, Michigan, USA
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Sewn binding. Green leather bound. Gold gilt lettering and design on cover.322 p. Gold page edging. Item Price
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The Finishing School
by GODWIN, Gail
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- 1984
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1984. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Full leather gilt. Frontispiece by Milt Kobayashi. Tiniest bit of rubbing at the bottom edge and crown pushed just a bit else fine in full leather gilt. One of an unspecified number of copies Signed by the author with a message not included in the trade edition.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Finishing School
by GODWIN, Gail
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- 1984
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1984. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Full leather gilt. Frontispiece by Milt Kobayashi. Trifle bumped at the corners and spine ends else fine. One of an unspecified number of copies Signed by the author with a message not included in the trade edition. Item Price
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The Finishing School
by Godwin, Gail
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- 1984
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San Francisco, California, USA
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1984 Limited first edition, signed by the author. Published by the Franklin Library exclusively for subscribers of "The Signed First Edition Society." Bound in green leather, lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. A very fine, as new copy. An extremely handsome edition of this modern classic.. Item Price
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The Finishing School
by Godwin, Gail
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- 1984
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Baldwinsville, New York, USA
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Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Milt Kobayashi. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1984. First Edition. With rather scarce accompanying publisher's introductory letter. Signed by Godwin on the second fep. Octavo, 322 pp., color frontispiece by Milt Kobayashi. Franklin's lavish leather binding… Read more about this item Item Price
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