The Keepers of the House
by Grau, Shirley Ann
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- Fine
- Condition
- Fine
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Full black leather, gilt title and embossed gilt decorations to spine and boards, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, satin bookmark, (9 x 6.25 inches). Limited edition of the 1965 Pulitzer Prize. 327 pages; illustrated by Muriel Wood. An exceptionally clean, tight, unread copy in "as new" condition. Limited Edition. Leather. Fine. Illus. by Muriel Wood. Octavo.
Synopsis
Keepers of the House is the debut novel of Lisa St Aubin de Terán, published as The Long Way Home in the US. The novel is autobiographical and set in a Venezuelan valley beset by drought. First published in 1982 by Jonathan Cape it won the Somerset Maugham Award.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005320
- Title
- The Keepers of the House
- Author
- Grau, Shirley Ann
- Illustrator
- Muriel Wood
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Pulitzer Prize
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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