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KEEPING THE HOUSE; A Novel
by Baker, Ellen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1400066352
- ISBN 13
- 9781400066353
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED 7 SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, white quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with clothspin, 530 pages + [2] About the Author + [2] About the Type. Ellen Baker (born 1975) is author of Keeping the House, which won the 2008 Great Lakes Book Award. It is a heartfelt treatment of a home-based family's reactions to World War II. An interesting character is Grace Anderson who works as a welder in a Wisconsin shipyard.<br/> <br/> SUPERIOR Condition: Tight, bright, clean copy. Bright, clean dust jacket (unclipped) with slight crimping to the spine's foot. No previous owner or remainder marks.
Synopsis
Ellen Baker was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and grew up in Wisconsin and Illinois. She earned a masters degree in American studies from the University of Minnesota, worked as curator of a World War II museum, and is currently a bookseller and event coordinator at an independent bookstore. She lives with her husband in Wisconsin. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7824
- Title
- KEEPING THE HOUSE; A Novel
- Author
- Baker, Ellen
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1400066352
- ISBN 13
- 9781400066353
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Wisconsin, World War II, welder, women, labor, war, danger, love, hunger
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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