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A LESSON BEFORE DYING
by Gaines, Ernest J
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1998. Hardcover. Fine. Collector's Edition, signed by Ernest J. Gaines. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and printed note from the publisher. Winner of the 1993 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, this novel is loosely based on the true story of Willie Francis (1929-47), a young black man sentenced to death by the electric chair in Louisiana. Octavo. Full dark green leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, four raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine copy.
Synopsis
A Lesson Before Dying was published in 1993 by author Ernest J. Gaines. This novel provides a glimpse into the Jim Crow South between WWII and leading up to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Grant is the only formally-educated black man in the area and is frustrated over the limitations set upon him because of the color of his skin, as well as the overwhelming obligations to use his knowledge to help his townspeople. It is based on the true story of Willie Francis, a young black American man best known for surviving a failed execution by a malfunctioned electrocution in the state of Louisiana, during 1945 and 1947. It was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1993. It was also the October 1997 choice of Oprah's Book Club.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76533
- Title
- A LESSON BEFORE DYING
- Author
- Gaines, Ernest J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Literature, African American, Capital Punishment
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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