THE NARROWS.
by Petry, Ann (1908-1997)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good dust jacket (lower corner of front cover bumped, price-clipped, some overall edgewear to the dj and chipp/very good
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1953.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (lower corner of front cover bumped, price-clipped, some overall edgewear to the dj and chipping at the ends of the spine.). First printing. The author's third novel, the story of a tragic interracial love affair in the ficticious small New England town of Monmouth, Connecticut. Petry had grown up in a solid middleclass black family in Conneticut (her father was a pharmacist) so she knew the background well. 428 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69120
- Title
- THE NARROWS.
- Author
- Petry, Ann (1908-1997)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good dust jacket (lower corner of front cover bumped, price-clipped, some overall edgewear to the dj and chipp
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1953.
- Keywords
- new england, interracial relationships,
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American Literature;
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