Nine Mysteries (Four Joyful, Four Sorrowful, One Glorious)
by Reynolds Price
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
North Carolina: Palaemon Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 10" by 7". None. A very smart limited edition of this collection of short mysteries from American writer Reynolds Price, signed to the rear. First collected edition. Limited to three hundred and nine signed copies. Signed to the rear by the author. A collection of nine short mystery poems, including: Annunciation, Reparation, Sleeping Wife, Resurrection, Instruction, and more. Seven of these poems appeared earlier in The Carolina Quarterly and The Ontario Review. Written by Edward Reynolds Price, an American poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist and Professor of English at Duke University. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, very smart with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 904T82
- Title
- Nine Mysteries (Four Joyful, Four Sorrowful, One Glorious)
- Author
- Reynolds Price
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Palaemon Press
- Place of Publication
- North Carolina
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 10" by 7"
- Keywords
- Nine Mysteries Joyful Sorrowful Mysteries Price
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Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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