![DURING THE REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF PERSIA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/275/889/41889275.0.m.jpg)
![DURING THE REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF PERSIA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/275/889/41889275.0.m.jpg)
DURING THE REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF PERSIA
by Chase, Joan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060151366
- ISBN 13
- 9780060151362
- Seller
-
Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
Joan Chase was born and raised in Ohio. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in philosophy and history and later enrolled in the Writing Workshop of the University of Vermont. After being turned down by several publishers, During the Reign of the Queen of Persia was released by Harper & Row in 1983 and went on to win numerous prizes, including the PEN / Hemingway Foundation Award for first fiction by an American writer. Chase is also the author of the novel The Evening Wolves (1990) and the story collection Bonneville Blue (1991). She lives in Massachusetts. Meghan O’Rourke , a former editor at The New Yorker and Slate , is the author of the poetry collections Once and Halflife and a memoir, The Long Goodbye . Her poetry and essays have appeared in The New York Times , The New Republic , The New York Review of Books , and elsewhere. She is the recipient of the inaugural May Sarton Poetry Prize, and teaches at NYU and Princeton.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 120356
- Title
- DURING THE REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF PERSIA
- Author
- Chase, Joan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060151366
- ISBN 13
- 9780060151362
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- First Novel
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
A purchase may be returned for any reason within two weeks of receipt for a full refund of the purchase price, less shipping, with prior notice. Shipping in US is by either USPS priority or media mail at buyer's option.. Books shipped to a FL address are subject to the FL sales tax. VAT and other international shipping fees are the responsibility of the buyer. N.B. International customers: responsibility for orders that are lost or damaged outside of the United States are the buyer's. Revere Books will be responsible for international orders that are lost or damaged en route only within the United States. For unclaimed packages all shipping charges will be retained by the seller. All books subject to prior sale. Orders shipped boxed and bubblewrapped with USPS delivery confirmation.
About the Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
About Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...