A Slipping-Down Life (Signed)
by TYLER, Anne
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY: Knopf, 1970. The ffep. has been professionally restored. Overall, a stunning first edition of this, the author's scarce third book. Signed by the author on a bookplate that is affixed to the second free endpaper. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Synopsis
Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis in 1941 but grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She graduated at nineteen from Duke University and went on to do graduate work in Russian studies at Columbia University. Tyler’s eleventh novel, Breathing Lessons , was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. She is a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. She lives in Baltimore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010497
- Title
- A Slipping-Down Life (Signed)
- Author
- TYLER, Anne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1970
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; NYSHOW2010;
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
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