The Eighth Day
by Thornton Niven Wilder
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- In very good condition.
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York and London: Harper & Row. , 1967.. In very good condition.. Edition: First Edition., Binding: Full publisher’s gilt cloth, side edges uncut, with illustrated dust jacket., Notes: Set in a mining town in southern Illinois, the plot revolves around John Barrington Ashley, who is accused of murdering his neighbor Breckenridge Lansing. The novel was written over the course of twenty months while Wilder was living alone in Douglas, Arizona.
Thornton Niven Wilder (1897–1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes—for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth — and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day.
, Size: 8vo., , Category: Book Literature
Thornton Niven Wilder (1897–1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes—for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth — and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day.
, Size: 8vo., , Category: Book Literature
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- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B6462
- Title
- The Eighth Day
- Author
- Thornton Niven Wilder
- Book Condition
- Used - In very good condition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row.
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1967.
- Keywords
- Book Literature
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