New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. First US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394482301 . A bright first American edition/first printing in about Fine condition in dust-jacket with light sunning to spine. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number and signature on front paste down; When nine-year-old Dubliner, Niamh, learns her mother has died, she is sent to live with her father in a small town in Ireland. Niamh is not happy about the change, as she misses her mother dearly. Niamh's father is a writer and he is working on a new novel. Niamh is not allowed to read the book, but she is allowed to listen to it when he reads it to her. One night, Niamh finds a key to the bookcase and she accidentally reads the book. She is horrified by the content and decides to tell her father what she has read. Her father is very upset and he decides to burn the book. Niamh is very upset and she decides to run away from home.; 8vo .

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Edna O'Brien's classic novel NIGHT takes us through one long, sleepless night with Mary Hooligan. From the center of her bed, "a four poster no less," Mary recalls her fertile past, from her childhood in the Irish countryside to the love affairs she has confronted since leaving for English shores. Wistful, wanton, this erotic reverie shows O'Brien to be one of the foremost heirs to modernism. "Very few writers use language as richly and sensuously . . . There are passages here worthy of Joyce" (Library Journal).

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Bookseller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 21305
Title: Night - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
Author: O'Brien, Edna
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First US Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0394482301
ISBN 13: 9780394482309
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1973
Keywords: Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Betty Anderson, First Edition/First Printing

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