New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Red cloth and cream boards, hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed, "For Betty - May Sarton" on the half-title page. A good only copy in matching jacket. Wear at the edges and rounding at the spine ends. Previous owner's bookplate to the front fly. Text block is cocked forward. Binding is solid and pages are clean and unmarked. Unclipped jacket is also good only with an open tear (about 1.5 inches) at the bottom of the rear panel. General wear to the edges of the jacket panels and some soiling to the rear panel. 384 pp., Sarton's novel of the lifelong friendship between two women.

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Bookseller: Tangible Tales (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 510
Title: The Magnificent Spinster - a Novel
Author: Sarton, May
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
ISBN 10: 039302220X
ISBN 13: 9780393022209
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1985
Keywords: May Sarton Literature Fiction Novel Signed First Edition Autographed Friendship Women relationships
Bookseller catalogs: Literature; FICTION / Literary;

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