THE LIVING; A Novel
by Dillard, Annie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060168706
- ISBN 13
- 9780060168704
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1992. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, brown cloth over light green boards with "AD" blind-stamped on lower right corner of front cover, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a shack in a forest, birds-eye view of the Northwest as endpapers, [xiv] + 397 pages. A major novel by the author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. An exploration of the early settlement of the Northwest & Seattle area.<br/> <br/> Annie Dillard (born 1945) is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and non-fiction. She has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 work Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Dillard taught for 21 years in the English department of Wesleyan University.<br/> <br/> Exceptional Condition!
Synopsis
This New York Times bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard is a mesmerizing evocation of life in the Pacific Northwest during the last decades of the 19th century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1606
- Title
- THE LIVING; A Novel
- Author
- Dillard, Annie
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060168706
- ISBN 13
- 9780060168704
- Publisher
- HarperCollinsPublishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Washington, Oregon, forests, lumber, Lewis & Clark, salmon, conflict, crime, danger,
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