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A Christmas Memory
by Capote, Truman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679800409
- ISBN 13
- 9780679800408
- Seller
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Beth Peck. Unpaginated. 11"x8.5". Illustration. Paper and cloth over boards in unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket is mildly worn at edges, 1"closed tear to top edge, clean. Binding clean and tight. Interior clean with scattered mild foxing. First printing with "1" in number line. Story based on Capote's boyhood in 1930's Alabama and his friendship with a elderly woman. Illustrated with beautiful full page color illustrations.
Synopsis
"A Christmas Memory" is a short story by Truman Capote. Originally published in Mademoiselle magazine in December 1956, it was reprinted in The Selected Writings of Truman Capote in 1963. It was issued in a stand-alone hardcover edition by Random House in 1966, and it has been published in many editions and anthologies since. The largely autobiographical story, which takes place in the 1930s, describes the lives of seven-year-old Buddy and his elderly cousin Sook, who is Buddy's best friend.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blum and Rosen Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026652
- Title
- A Christmas Memory
- Author
- Capote, Truman
- Illustrator
- Beth Peck
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679800409
- ISBN 13
- 9780679800408
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
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