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A Death in the Family
by Agee, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: McDowell, Obolensky. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth titled in silver gilt, green gilt decor. First edition, second state, "waking" on p. 80. Spine/edges sunned, spine ends pushed, one corner lightly bumped. The DJ in mylar is sunned to spine, price clipped, rubbed, edge creased. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
A Death in the Family is an autobiographical novel by author James Agee, set in Knoxville, Tennessee. He began writing it in 1948, but it was not quite complete when he died in 1955. It was edited and released posthumously in 1957 by editor David McDowell. Agee's widow and children were left with little money after Agee's death and McDowell wanted to help them by publishing the work. Agee won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1958 for the novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39871
- Title
- A Death in the Family
- Author
- Agee, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- McDowell, Obolensky
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1957
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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