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KEZIAH DANE
by Grafton, Sue
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1967. Very good in very good dust jacket.. First printing of Sue 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. An important work in the iconic author's development. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original red cloth binding. Original unclipped ($4.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Black topstain. 220 pages. Jacket with some wrinkling to lower front edge, light rubbing; some color offsetting from binding and small tape repair to verso. Binding with mild edgewear, very slight lean. Spot of soil and former tape shadow on front free endpaper, else interior clean.
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 Originally written under the title The Seventh Day of Keziah Dane, Grafton entered the unpublished novel in an Anglo-American Book Award contest.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21290
- Title
- KEZIAH DANE
- Author
- Grafton, Sue
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- 20th century,Post-WWII,1960s,US American,Woman Author
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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