The Violent Bear It Away
by O'connor, Flannery
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1960. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Ex Library Copy With All The Usual Stamps, Pocket, And Tape Stains. However, The Jacket Remains Very Good, With A Little Wear To Extremities, Clipped Flap Corners, And Small Tape Shadows On The Flaps. Crown Of Spine Is A Bit Frayed, But Still Legible, With Only Slightest Fade. Internally Very Good. Stamped On Title Page Copyright Page, And Top Edge Of Text Block. Pocket With " Withdrawn Stamp On Rear Endpaper. See Photos. A Very Marriageable Jacket..
Synopsis
The Violent Bear It Away is a novel published in 1960 by American author Flannery O'Connor. It is the second and final novel that she published. The first chapter of the novel was published as the story "You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead," in the journal New World Writing, volume 8 in October 1955. It is the story of Francis Tarwater, a fourteen-year-old boy who is trying to escape his destiny: the life of a prophet.
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016937
- Title
- The Violent Bear It Away
- Author
- O'connor, Flannery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Edition Literature;
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....