Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

From front DJ flap: "A major literary event...an astonishing first novel of the South from the Civil War to the present, in the voice of a woman who lived through it all. Lucy Marsden is the widow of the Civil War's last surviving soldier; she is now half-blind, ninety-nine years old, locked into a charity home, and very talkative." A BOMC… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition, Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 718 pages; VG/VG; faded red spine with white lettering; dust jacket protected by a mylar cover; price uncut "$21.95"; minimal shelf wear, pages clean; signed, dated, and inscribed by Allan Gurganus on the ffep; shelved in HC Fiction. 1340527. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Stated First Edition; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws. SIGNED and dated by the author to the front free end paper. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. On her 100th birthday, Lucy Honicut Marsden recalls her life as a civil war veteran's 14 year old bride. Author's first trade book, very well received and made into a television film starring Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, and Cicely Tyson. SIGNED by the author… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1989. First Edition, Later Printing. Cloth & Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine in Mylar Cover. A lovely First Edition, later printing of this popular book signed by the author on the front free endpaper. In burgundy and teal cloth & boards, the book is in near fine condition with light toning/soil… Read more about this item

A novel of the south from the Civil War to the present in the voice of a woman who lived through it all. Name to ffep. A clean, sharp cornered hardcover in its bright, price-intact dust jacket.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges rubbed and foxed, jacket lightly . toned and foxed on the reverse.. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780394545370 . Green paper quarter-bound in red cloth with deckled fore-edge. xiiv, 718 pages. Author note and short author bio. Authors first novel. Signed by the author on… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Gurganus' very well received first novel which was the basis for a tv mini-series with Diane Lang, Donald Sutherland, Anne Bancroft, Blythe Danner, and Cicely Tyson. A very good plus copy in printed wrappers with some minor wear. Signed by Gurganus on the front free endpaper.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Gurganus' very well received first novel which was the basis for a tv mini-series with Diane Lang, Donald Sutherland, Anne Bancroft, Blythe Danner, and Cicely Tyson. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed and nicely inscribed by Gurganus on the front free endpaper.

Hardback. Very Good.

London: faber and faber, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First British edition. Rear board bowed and wear on the spine head else very good in a near fine dustwrapper with edgewear. Signed by the author. Basis for a 1994 television version starring Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland and Cicely Tyson.

Allan Gurganis's début novel on the Civil war. Received excellent reviews on publication. Signed and dated 1989 on the ffep. Unread copy, tight, square and sharp. First printing with the FPT to the jacket flap. Only defect is some spotting to the reverse of the jacket.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1989.. First edition; a review copy with author portrait and press release laid in.. publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket.. Fine in a fine jacket.. 8vo,. Signed and inscribed by Allan Gurganus on the front free endpaper.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in else fine dustwrapper with a touch of wear at the crown. Inscribed to author Nicholas Delbanco and his wife: "To Elena and Nick, Fellow souls. Kindred stories. All 2009.

London: Faber & Faber. 1989. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. [xiv]718pages.. The 'autobiography' of Lucy Marsden. A gargantuan epic of the US Civil War and the aftermath. An epic of war, a family sage and complex love story. Author's… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition. Wraps. About Fine. Uncorrected Proof in printed wraps. Uncommon format of author's first trade book, more often seen as a signed proof in a slipcase. It's likely that there are numerous changes from this format, which has 737 pages, to the final published book which contained 718 pages.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Signed by Gurganus on the front flyleaf. First edition, 1989. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, 718 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, minor age-toning and rubbing to the covers, light edgewear to the dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival… Read more about this item

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: Faber and Faber, 1989. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6". None. A signed first edition of Allan Gurganus' popular novel 'Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All', in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. In the… Read more about this item