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THEM
by OATES, JOYCE CAROL
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2002. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front limitation page. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated in gilt. Silk bookmark sewn-in. A certificate of authenticity and an Easton Note about author and book laid-in. Small scratch to fore-edge gilt. First published in 1969, the book won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1970. 508pp.. Signed by Author. Collector's Edition. Full Burgundy Leather. Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket. Tall Octavo.
Synopsis
Joyce Carol Oates is an American author born in 1938. Her novel, Them , was chosen as a National Book Award winner in 1970. The story is set in the turbulent ‘60’s and is Maureen Wendall’s struggle to survive and rise above the poverty and social straits into which she is born. She has been traumatized by her alcoholic father and also by her murderous younger brother. The reality of the families’ situation creeps up on them slowly and without realizing it, they find that a younger generation is exhibiting the same tendencies as the previous. A passionate storyteller, Oates depicts a family in peril and with fabulous perception, captivates the reader.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014916
- Title
- THEM
- Author
- OATES, JOYCE CAROL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Nearly Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- Tall Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Signed Edition, Autobiography, Fine Binding
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
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