KEEPERS OF THE HOUSE
by SHIRLEY ANN GRAU
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/NEAR FINE
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THIS PRINTING IS (FIRST AND SECOND PRINTINGS BEFORE PUBLICATION") NOT EX-LIBRARY,DJ HAS THE PRICE INTACT $4.95 AFTER COMPARING THIS BOOK AND TWO OF MY STATED FIRST EDITIONS(AND ONE ONLINE AT PPRIZE.COM) THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE COLOR OF THE DUSTJACKET, THIS ONE HAS A DARKER BROWN BACKGROUND,AND THE COVERS HAVE A MORE BRILLANT GREEN CLOTH AND MUCH MORE RICHER LETTERING WITH A HINT OF SPARKLE ON THE SPINE.SIGNATURE IS ON THE 1ST LEAF IN BLUE INK,FULL NAME ONLY.AND A TOUCH OF SHELFWEAR TO THE EDGES OF THE DJ ONLY.
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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- Pulitzer Prize Books.com (US)
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- koth4
- Title
- KEEPERS OF THE HOUSE
- Author
- SHIRLEY ANN GRAU
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- NEAR FINE
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- KNOPF
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1964
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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