A Death in the Family [FIRST EDITION]
by AGEE, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/good +
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Price clipped. Scuffing to jacket edges. Previous owner's name inside front cover. An excellent copy.
This is a first issue ("Walking" on p. 80) of Agee's landmark final novel.
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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- Bookseller
- Uncharted Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2729
- Title
- A Death in the Family [FIRST EDITION]
- Author
- AGEE, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- McDowell, Obolensky
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
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