New York: Doubleday. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385264178 . INSCRIBED by author on full title page, "To Rolland - Best wishes, David Payne." Author also inscribed one of Comstock's business cards and laid it in. Stated First Edition. "Set primarily in North Carolina, Early from the Dance is a Southern novel in the grand tradition - a spellbinding story, beautifully told, about characters who fix themselves indelibly in our memory." Photocopied advertisement laid in. Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed and loose. Moderate edge wear. Bumps on spine tail and bottom corners. Boards are lightly faded along head edges. Slight soiling to edges of pages. Overall, pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear. Small creases on spine ends and corners. Slightly yellowed on flaps. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 492 pages; Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: Good Books In The Woods (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 75544
Title: Early from the Dance A Novel
Author: Payne, David
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0385264178
ISBN 13: 9780385264174
Publisher: Doubleday
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1989
Keywords: 0385264178

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