Disturbing the Peace
by YATES, Richard
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good(-)
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Delacorte, 1975. First. hardcover. fine/very good(-). 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Delacorte, (1975). First Edition.<br/> <br/> Presentation copy, signed "Dick Yates" of his fourth and most uncommon book. The dust wrapper is price-clipped, edge chipped and with a sunned spine.<br/> <br/>
Synopsis
A native New Yorker, Richard Yates was born in 1926; his first novel, Revolutionary Road , was a finalist for the National Book Award (in the same year as The Moviegoer and Catch-22 ). Much admired by peers, he was known during his lifetime as the foremost fiction writer of the post-war "age of anxiety." He published his last novel in 1986, and died in 1992.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 318359
- Title
- Disturbing the Peace
- Author
- YATES, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good(-)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Delacorte
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
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About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
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New York, New York
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