A Death in the Family
by Agee, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Palm Desert, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good or better in a like jacket. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Price clipped jacket with slight wear to spine ends and corners. First state with blue print on title page and "walking" the first word on page 80.
Synopsis
A Death in the Family is an autobiographical novel by author James Agee, set in Knoxville, Tennessee. He began writing it in 1948, but it was not quite complete when he died in 1955. It was edited and released posthumously in 1957 by editor David McDowell. Agee's widow and children were left with little money after Agee's death and McDowell wanted to help them by publishing the work. Agee won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1958 for the novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002599
- Title
- A Death in the Family
- Author
- Agee, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing
- Publisher
- McDowell, Obolensky
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- jpg
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA
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Palm Desert, California
About James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA
Specializing in Modern First Editions, including many signed copies
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Price Clipped
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- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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...