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THE TOWN
by RICHTER, Conrad
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Some browning to the front endpaper with little effect on the inscription. Close to Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with minor c
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Some browning to the front endpaper with little effect on the inscription. Close to Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with minor chipping to the heel of the spine. The concluding volume in Richter's THE AWAKENING LAND trilogy about the Ohio frontier and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "Autographed for/Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Kirwan/and family of Pottsville/Conrad Richter/February 24/Pine Grove." Dustwrapper designed by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Quite scarce when signed.
Synopsis
The Town is a novel written by Conrad Richter in 1950. It is the third installment of his Awakening Land trilogy, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1951.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021118
- Title
- THE TOWN
- Author
- RICHTER, Conrad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Some browning to the front endpaper with little effect on the inscription. Close to Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with minor c
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Signed, Pulitzer Prize, Inscribed, Conrad Richter, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pulitzer Prize;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Inscribed
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
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