A Book of Common Prayer
by Didion, Joan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First edition. Hardback, 269 pp. 22 x 14.5 cm. Black quarter cloth with black boards, with red decoration and gilt lettering to spine, slight fading on bottom edge front cover. Very good book in very good dust jacket. Advance copy publisher's slip laid in with typed title.
Synopsis
A Book of Common Prayer is a 1977 novel by Joan Didion. It is a story of both personal and political tragedy in the imaginary Central American country of "Boca Grande. " In 1983 Didion would publish Salvador, a book of essays on corruption and violence in El Salvador; the fiction and non-fiction reflect a similar perspective of rage and despair.
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- Bookseller
- The Second Shelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8549
- Title
- A Book of Common Prayer
- Author
- Didion, Joan
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Date Published
- 1977
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
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- Publisher's Slip
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- Spine
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