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Mrs. Osmond
by John Banville
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0451493427
- ISBN 13
- 9780451493422
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. SIGNED. 1st/1st. Purchased New. NF/F. Stated First American Edition. First printing with no additional printings listed. Signed by John Banville on the title page. Unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and clean unmarred boards. The spine head is gently pushed with a faint crease to the front bottom corner. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($27.95) and Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.
From the Man Booker Prize-winning author, a rich historical novel that extends the story of Isabel Archer, the heroine of Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady, into unexpected territory.
"What was freedom, she thought, other than the right to exercise one's choices?"
Isabel Osmond, a spirited, intelligent young heiress, flees to London after being betrayed by her husband, to be with her beloved cousin Ralph on his deathbed. After a somber, silent existence at her husband's Roman palazzo, Isabel's daring departure to London reawakens her youthful quest for freedom and independence, as old suitors resurface and loyal friends remind her of happier times. But soon Isabel must decide whether to return to Rome to face up to the web of deceit in which she has become entangled or to strike out on her own once more.
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- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2923
- Title
- Mrs. Osmond
- Author
- John Banville
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0451493427
- ISBN 13
- 9780451493422
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2017
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Signed Books;
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