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KEZIAH DANE
by Grafton, Sue
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- About fine in fine jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1967. First edition (stated). About fine in fine jacket.. Signed first printing of Grafton's first novel, a work of literary fiction preceding her 'Alphabet' mysteries by well over a decade. KEZIAH DANE follows a single mother widowed by a devastating flood and a traveling con artist whose intrusion on the Dane family leads to a violent confrontation. A beautiful copy. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original red cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Blue-gray topstain. In original unclipped ($4.95) dust jacket, illustrated by Andy Virgil. pages. Signed by Grafton on title page. Very faint markings to front endpaper. Minimal shelfwear.
Synopsis
Keziah Dane is a 1967 novel by Sue Grafton. A work of mainstream fiction, this novel was published by Grafton was 27 years old. This is one of only two Sue Grafton novels published before her more famous "Alphabet" series of mystery novels. This is the fourth novel Grafton wrote but the first one published. Originally written under the title The Seventh Day of Keziah Dane, Grafton entered the unpublished novel in an Anglo-American Book Award contest.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40093
- Title
- KEZIAH DANE
- Author
- Grafton, Sue
- Book Condition
- Used - About fine in fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Woman Author,20th century,1960s
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About the Seller
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- Title Page
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- Fine
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- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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