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Fear of Flying
by Jong, Erica
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Like New
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Southampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
The Easton Press. First Thus. Hardcover. Used - Like New. First Edition Thus. Published by Easton Press, 2001. Octavo. Bound in blue leather stamped in gold with gilt stained page ends. Gilt decoration to boards and spine. Five raised spine bands, brown satin endpapers and sewn-in satin bookmark. Signed by author on tipped in page in front. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. No bookplates or ownership markings. A fine copy of this wonderful leatherbound edition of this classic novel by Erica Jong. Publisher;s certificate of authenticity laid in. 336 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
Synopsis
Erica Jong is the author of nineteen books of poetry, fiction, and memoir, including Fear of Flying , which has more than 18 million copies in print worldwide. Her most recent essays have appeared in The New York Times Book Review , and she is a frequent guest on television talk shows. Currently working on a novel featuring Isadora Wing—the heroine of Fear of Flying —as a woman of a certain age, Erica and her lawyer husband live in New York City and Connecticut. Her daughter, Molly Jong-Fast, is also an author. Erica Jong left a Ph.D. program at Columbia to write her ground-breaking novel Fear of Flying , published in 1973. Jong is the author of numerous award-winning books of poetry and novels including Fanny , How to Save Your Own Life , Parachutes and Kisses , Any Woman’s Blues , and the forthcoming Sappho’s Leap . She is also the author of the memoir Fear of Fifty . She lives in New York City and Connecticut.
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- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100803
- Title
- Fear of Flying
- Author
- Jong, Erica
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Used - Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
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