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Pilgrim in the Ruins a Life of Walker Percy
by Tolson, Jay
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- very good +/fine
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. very good +/fine. 544pp, 8vo. A very good + copy in a fine jacket. Text block foxed. Signed by Tolson on ffep and inscribed to Ansley Cope. Cope was a fraternity brother of Walker Percy during college. He later visited Percy in New Orleans. This visit is documented on pp415, and Cope is also quoted on pp113. Additionally laid in is a letter from Tolson to Cope thanking him for his contributions, and two flyers pertaining to events for the book.
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- Bookseller
- Old New York Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48250
- Title
- Pilgrim in the Ruins a Life of Walker Percy
- Author
- Tolson, Jay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good +
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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