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Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
by McCarthy, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near Fine/very near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company [1957], 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [13], 4-245, [1] pp. Black cloth with the author's handwriting in facsimile purple lettering blocked in white on the spine. Price of $3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several photographs from the author's life. A very near Fine book with a touch of rubbing to the boards' edges; dust jacket is very near Fine with a bit of edge wear.
Synopsis
This unique autobiography begins with McCarthy’s recollections of an indulgent, idyllic childhood tragically altered by the death of her parents in the influenza epidemic of 1918. Tempering the need to fictionalize for the sake of a good story with the need for honesty, she creates interchapters that tell the reader what she has inferred or invented. Photographs.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00009067
- Title
- Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
- Author
- McCarthy, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company [1957]
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
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About Evening Star Books
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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