A Special Providence
by YATES, Richard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1969. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in silver in silver dust jacket. The author's second novel, third book. The book shows a little light fading to top edge (but page edges are still bright green). A beautifuly copy of a book that is rarely found in this condition. 340pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Synopsis
A Special Providence is a novel by American writer Richard Yates. First published in 1969, Yates' third book concerns the dual exploits of an awkward infantry soldier in World War II and his mother, a deluded sculptor living in New York City.
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7001278
- Title
- A Special Providence
- Author
- YATES, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Addbooks04;
Terms of Sale
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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