New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Book Club Edition. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages foxed on edges (visible when book is closed). Paper over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has edge rubbing, light overall shelf wear. ; Book of the Month Club edition with first edition stated on colophone page, ISBN on colophon and back of DJ. Novel by noted African American author. ; Book Club Edition; 9.0" tall; 416 pages; Renumbered.

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First published in 1990, The Temple of My Familiar, Alice Walker’s follow-up novel to her iconic The Color Purple, spent more than four months on the New York Times Bestseller list and was hailed by critics as a “major achievement” ( Chicago Tribune ). Described by the author as “a romance of the last 500,000 years,” The Temple of My Familiar follows a cast of interrelated characters, most of African descent, and each representing a different ethnic strain—ranging from diverse African tribes to the mixed bloods of Latin America—that contribute to the black experience in America.

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Seller: Cat's Cradle Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 4600038
Title: The Temple of My Familiar
Author: Walker, Alice
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Book Club Edition
ISBN 10: 0151885338
ISBN 13: 9780151885336
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1989
Keywords: AMERICA, AFRO, AFRICAN, AMERICAN, UNITED STATES, FICTION, NOVEL, LITERATURE
Bookseller catalogs: Americana;

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First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Book Club Edition: A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Colophon: The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...