Circling the Sun: A Novel
by McLain, Paula
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- Seller
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Beachwood, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
This signed First Edition First Printing copy of "Circling the Sun, A Novel" by Paula McLain was published by Ballantine Books in 2015. It is a novel centered on colonial Kenya in the 1920s. The historical fiction tale is about a fearless and captivating woman who is a record-setting aviator caught up in a passionate love triangle with a safari hunter and Karen Blixen, who as Isak Dinesen wrote the classic memoir Out of Africa. The book, which is a First Edition, First Printing, is signed by Paula McClain on the title page.
The book, which measures approximately 6 ½ x 9 1/2 inches, contains 384 pages and is bound in a hard cover with gilt lettering on the spine. The book and un-price clipped dust jacket are both in "as new" condition. It is a tight, clean copy with no markings of any kind. The illustrations accompanying this description show the front face of the dust jacket, the map of the area where the story takes place (repeated on both the front and rear end papers), the signed title page, and a typical 2-page spread of text.
Paula McLain (born 1965) is an American author best known for her novel, The Paris Wife, a fictionalized account of Ernest Hemingway's first marriage, which became a long-time New York Times bestseller. She has published two collections of poetry, a memoir about growing up in the foster system, and the novel A Ticket to Ride. [Wikipedia]
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- Bookseller
- Pages For Sages (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1602
- Title
- Circling the Sun: A Novel
- Author
- McLain, Paula
- Format/Binding
- Bound in a hard cover with gilt lettering on the spine.
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015
- Pages
- 384
- Size
- 6.5 x 9.5
- Weight
- 1.40 lbs
- Keywords
- Novel, Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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