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STRANGER IN OUR DARKNESS. A Novel
by Crawford, Joyce [Allen]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Durham, N.C.: Moore Publishing Co., [1968]. [6], 210 pages. Publisher's tan cloth. [20.9 cm.] Very good in good plus dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked; top edge dust soiled; offsetting to front endpapers from laid-in clippings. Moderate foxing to endpapers and a little foxing to the title page, but none elsewhere. The jacket is a bit foxed and has a crease to the spine panel, but no chips or tears and very little wear. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on the front free endpaper. It is addressed to Eva Mae (née Grice) McKenna (1921-1988), a librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the wife of the novelist, Richard McKenna, who wrote "The Sand Pebbles." "Stranger in Our Darkness" was Joyce Allen Crawford's first novel. It was written under the guidance of Manly Wade Wellman, who taught a novel-writing workshop that Crawford attended. The book is dedicated to Wellman and bears a review by him on the rear panel of the dust jacket. The story is concerned with the plight of a recently released convict and recovering alcoholic named Aaron Sloane. The author did not issue another novel until the 21st century, when she published "Hannah's House" (2008) and "Those who Hold the Threads" (2012) as "Joyce Allen.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000582
- Title
- STRANGER IN OUR DARKNESS. A Novel
- Author
- Crawford, Joyce [Allen]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Moore Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Durham, N.C.
- Date Published
- [1968]
- Keywords
- literature women
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE - U.S. - 20TH CENTURY; NORTH CAROLINA - LITERATURE; WOMEN;
Terms of Sale
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Durham, North Carolina
About Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
An online shop focusing on Americana, particularly books pertaining to the South, and offering rare, scholarly, and antique books on a variety of other subjects. Proprietor David J. Eilenberger worked for over five years at respected firms in the A.B.A.A. before establishing the company in 2010. In addition to books, we are interested in acquiring broadsides, ephemera, 19th-century photographs, and manuscripts. Member Independent Online Booksellers Association since 2017.
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