Flood
by Vachss, Andrew
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus/Very Good Plus
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Donald I. Fine Inc., 1985. Author's first book. First printing. Considerable soiling to boards, much wear to cloth covered spine, shelf wear, stray red mark to lower front board, page lightly soiled, top page eges dust soiled and smudged. Hinge strong, boards square and tight. Jacket has minor edgewear and small crease on inside front flap. In mylar. . Signed by Author. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Andrew Vachss, an attorney in private practice specializing in juvenile justice and child abuse, is the country’s best recognized and most widely sought after spokesperson on crimes against children. He is also a bestselling novelist and short story writer, whose works include Flood (1985), the novel which first introduced Vachss’ series character Burke, Strega (1987), Choice of Evil (1999), and Dead and Gone (2000). His short stories have appeared in Esquire , Playboy , and The Observer , and he is a contributor to ABA Journal , Journal of Psychohistory , New England Law Review , The New York Times , and Parade . Vachss has worked as a federal investigator in sexually transmitted diseases, a caseworker in New York, and a professional organizer. He was the director of an urban migrants re-entry center in Chicago and another for ex-cons in Boston. After managing a maximum-security prison for violent juvenile offenders, he published his first book, a textbook, about the experience. He was also deeply involved in the relief effort in Biafra, now Nigeria. For ten years, Vachss’ law practice combined criminal defense with child protection, until, with the success of his novels, it segued exclusively into the latter, which is his passion. Vachss calls the child protective movement “a war,” and considers his writing as powerful a weapon as his litigation.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004178
- Title
- Flood
- Author
- Vachss, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Donald I. Fine Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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