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BELLEFLEUR
by Oates, Joyce Carol
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Not Issued
- Seller
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Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1980. First edition. Precedes the Dutton trade edition. "Special Message" by Oates for this edition. Illustrated by Joseph Ciardiello. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Inscribed by Oates on the front free endpage. "for John R. Hawkins - with warm regards and very best wishes - Joyce Carol Oates Princeton 6/5/02." Hawkins was Oates' editor for her Franklin Library publications. Boards with a touch of shelfwear and few small rubs (not immediately apparent. Unread copy in Near Fine condition. The first of Oates' Gothic Saga series of novel.. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Not Issued. Illus. by Joseph Ciardiello. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
Synopsis
Bellefleur is a magic realist novel by Joyce Carol Oates about the generations of an upstate New York family. It is the first book in Oates' "Gothic Saga".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30910
- Title
- BELLEFLEUR
- Author
- Oates, Joyce Carol
- Illustrator
- Joseph Ciardiello
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Gothic Saga
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Fernandina Beach, Florida
About Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
Revere Books has offered collector-condition first editions primarily of 20th century American and British fiction and poetry since 1991. Signed copies are a specialty. Member, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) & the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
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