A Piece Of My Heart by Richard Ford ISBN 13: 9780060113629

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1976. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harper & Row, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

New York: Harper & Row, 1976. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Wendell Minor, dust jacket. A Good copy in brown and tan hard covers, in a Good dust jacket with short tears at the top edge (not price-clipped). Sound binding, clean/unmarked within, but with the blank front endpaper torn out by a depraved former owner. There is a stub at the gutter, so no paper wear to the binding there. (Not ex-library.)

Harper & Row. 1st printing,1976. Good +/Good hard cover. 12mo,boards,297pp. edgewear,small bite spine/front top,dampstains inside,small tears,dust jacket. shelfwear,rubbing,spine a bit cocked,cover. some light staining inside covers & end pages,clean,tight,text. foredge tanning. slight mustiness. literature.

Harper & Row, 1976-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x6x1. Harper & Row, Publishers; New York, 1976. Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good, top text block edge stained burgundy with very light blemishes, deckle fore-edge, tight binding, interior and extremities tidy, minimal shelf wear, previous owner seal stamp to front free endpaper, in a Very Good, some wear/scuff marks, lightly sunned flaps, Dust wrapper. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 297pp., indexed. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Harper and Row, 1976. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, Ford's first book. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chips to corners. small tan stain to top corner (about 1/4" triangle). Unclipped. Record # 353600

Harper & Row, 1976-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Harper & Row, Publishers,Inc.. A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in near fine condition. DJ in near fine condition and in protective mylar cover. Inscribed by author, also included is a typed letter from the author to the person who the book is inscribed. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1976.

New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Fine/Fine. New York: Harper & Row, [1976]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($8.95), reddish-brown topstain; [6],297pp. Just About Fine. Inscribed and signed by Ford on half title page. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first book.

Harper & Row, 1976-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1976 Harper & Row hard cover - first edition first printing - staining to dust jacket (now in mylar cover) - owner's name inside cover - minor staining to cover and page edge - otherwise binding like new contents clean - enjoy

Harper & Row, New York, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4Cloth 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Wendell Minor -- Cover Art. 1/4 chocolate brown coloured cloth covered backstrip with copper coloured titles to the backstrip. 3/4 brown coloured boards. The front paper edge has been hand cut. Pink coloured tint to the top textblock edge. Colour illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound), by Wendell Minor, with brown and black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Author's first novel. "In this drama that victims are predators, the predators victims. The finest of the many fascinating characters in the book, a man of fierceness, of ancient purpose, a survivor and predator – becomes his own last victim." – From the front fold over panel blurb. Minor softening of the head and at the heel of the backstrip and rubbing to the lower book edges. A little rubbing to the… Read More

Harper & Row, 1976-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1976 Harper & Row Advanced Reading Copy - PAPERBACK - signed located and dated by Ford on title page - Ford's 1st book - slightest wear to cover - slight staining to closed page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - rare as signed ARC - enjoy

New York: Harper & Row, 1976. First printing. 8vo. 297 pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Slight wrinkling and subtle toning to jacket along top edge, two 1/4" tears. Title-page signed by Richard Ford.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.

Harper & Row, USA, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 295 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Harper & Row, USA, 1976. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear and minor chips and/or tears. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are lightly tanned. Previous owner's name in ink. Roughcut edges. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A Piece of My Heart ranges wide in its landscapes, human and geographic, yet the heart is broken into pieces by repeated and obsessive sequences - by violence, by cruelty, by sexual love coupling with hatred, and by purposeless random accident. Richard Ford tells the violent, comic, and deeply moving story of two men, one pursuing a woman, the other pursuing himself. Robard and Sam meet in a bizarre household on an island hideaway in the Mississippi. Their original… Read More

Harper & Row, 1976. First Edition. softcover. Very Good. 8x6x1. Signed. Advance reading copy. SIGNED, without inscription, by Richard Ford on the title page. Review material and early book synopsis are laid in. The volume is edge worn and has a vertical crease extending about half way up the rear cover. Very good.

New York. 1976. Harper & Row. 1st Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0060113626. 295 pages. hardcover. Jacket design and painting by Wendell Minor. Inscribed by the Author. keywords: Literature America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Ford's mesmerizing first novel is the story of two godless pilgrims. Robard Hewes has driven across the country in the service of a destructive passion. Sam Newell is seeking the missing piece of himself. When these men converge, on an uncharted island in the Mississippi, each discovers the thing he's looking for - amid a conflagration of violence that's as shocking as it is inevitable. 'This is one of those books that hit you hard. a story filled with breathing characters and genius-crafted dialogue between moments of consummate description. I can't be unbiased. I'm mad for this book.' - Elizabeth Ashton, Houston Chronicle A story that recounts the convergence of two self destructive men in backwater Mississippi, that is at once, a… Read More

Harper & Row, 1976-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8x6x1. Signed by Author. Flatsigned by Ford on the title page. First edition stated with full number line. Hardbound book in in very good condition. Shelfwear bumping to head and tail of spine, and ochre tinting on top of text block has many tiny spatters (water?). Small nick to bottom edge of front pastedown. Boards show faint wear to leading edge corners. However, boards are clean and straight as are pages, and coppergilt lettering on spine is bright. Dust jacket in mylar is priceclipped on front flap, and shows light rubbing overall with tiny chips missing at tail of spine, but DJ is otherwise uncreased.

Harper & Row, 1976-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x6x1. Signed by Author. First edition, Signed and inscribed by author. Hardback book of very good condition. Dustjacket has light chipping at tail of spine. Light chipping to tail leading corners of dustjacket. Front leading corner of dustjacket bumped. Head and tail of spine of book have light bumping. Front cover tail and spine corners lightly bumped. Text block is crisp. Text and images unmarked.