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SAINT MONKEY; A Novel
by Townsend, Jacinda
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393080048
- ISBN 13
- 9780393080049
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED Presentation Copy by the Author, 8vo, tan quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over ochre boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) of a Raphael Soyer painting, 350 pages + [2] A Note About the Author. As if Toni Morrison told tales about two friends from the mountains of Eastern Appalachia: one of whom left and prospered with a jazz group, while her former friend sank into the squalor of backwoods' subsistence. Exceptional Condition! No remainder marks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1789
- Title
- SAINT MONKEY; A Novel
- Author
- Townsend, Jacinda
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393080048
- ISBN 13
- 9780393080049
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York London
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- Kentucky, Harlem, blacks, Jazz, 1950s, music, Appalachia, girls, mountains, poverty
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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