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Thanksgiving
by Terry Coleman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A signed, first edition of this novel surrounding the origin of Thanksgiving, written by novelist Terry Coleman. First edition, in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. With the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page, with an inscription 'For Stephen and Gloria', dedicated to fellow author Stephen Vizinczey. Written by British novelist, historian and reporter, Terry Coleman, who is best known for his best-selling novel 'Southern Cross'. 'Thanksgiving' is the story of a woman named Wolsey Lowell, who crossed to America on the Mayflower, living a life of excitement and danger with many loves and losses in a new and unknown country. From the library of Hungarian-Canadian author Stephen Vizinczey, best known for his 'In Praise of Older Women', and 'An Innocent Millionaire'. His writing was praised by the likes of Graham Greene and Anthony Burgess, describing his fiction as social epics which breathe hope in a corrupt world. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. With the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light fading to the spine and a little bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is very smart, with light edge wear and very light marking. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 891Q7
- Title
- Thanksgiving
- Author
- Terry Coleman
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Thanksgiving America Terry Coleman signed America dust wrapper
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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