The Viking Press. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. Inscribed by author William Kennedy on title page in black ink.Stated FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, full number line starting with "1". Appears to be a book that was shelved, stored, and/or briefly handled but never read. Dust jacket clean and intact in near mint condition with no chipping on edges or price stickers, sticker residue or scars. No markings or other defects noted.. Unconditional money back guarantee.

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William Kennedy , author, screenwriter and playwright, was born and raised in Albany, New York. Kennedy brought his native city to literary life in many of his works. The Albany cycle, includes Legs , Billy Phelan's Greatest Game , and the Pulitzer Prize winning Ironweed . The versatile Kennedy wrote the screenplay for Ironweed , the play Grand View , and cowrote the screenplay for the The Cotton Club with Francis Ford Coppola. Kennedy also wrote the nonfiction O Albany! and Riding the Yellow Trolley Car . Some of the other works he is known for include Roscoe and Very Old Bones . Kennedy is a professor in the English department at the State University of New York at Albany. He is the founding director of the New York State Writers Institute and, in 1993, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received numerous literary awards, including the Literary Lions Award from the New York Public Library, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Governor’s Arts Award. Kennedy was also named Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France and a member of the board of directors of the New York State Council for the Humanities.

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Bookseller: TangledWebMysteries (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 122462
Title: The Flaming Corsage
Author: Kennedy, William J
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0670858722
ISBN 13: 9780670858729
Publisher: The Viking Press
Place of Publication: New York
This edition first published: 1996
Size: 6x1x9
X weight: 16 oz

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