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A Fair Maiden
by Oates, Joyce Carol
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1847248586
- ISBN 13
- 9781847248589
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Quercus, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK edition, First Print. This is a UK true first edition, first printing (first impression) with number [1] and a full number line to the copyright page as called for in a fine unclipped jacket. The book itself is unread and has clean pages. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates to the title page..
Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old Katya Spivak is out for a walk on the gracious streets of Bayhead Harbor with her two summer babysitting charges when she’s approached by silver-haired, elegant Marcus Kidder. At first his interest in her seems harmless, even pleasant; like his name, a sort of gentle joke. His beautiful home, the children’s books he’s written, his classical music, the marvelous art in his study, his lavish presents to her — Mr. Kidder’s life couldn’t be more different from Katya’s drab working-class existence back home in South Jersey, or more enticing. But by degrees, almost imperceptibly, something changes, and posing for Mr. Kidder’s new painting isn’t the lighthearted endeavor it once was. What does he really want from her? And how far will he go to get it? In the tradition of Oates’s classic story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" A Fair Maiden is an unsettling, ambiguous tale of desire and control.
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- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013177
- Title
- A Fair Maiden
- Author
- Oates, Joyce Carol
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1847248586
- ISBN 13
- 9781847248589
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Jack of Spades, SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, OATES, JOYCE CAROL
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- Fine
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