The Town
by Richter, Conrad
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1978. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full brown leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, elaborate gilt decoration and borders on covers, a.e.g., moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with numerous full-page and in-text pen and ink drawings by Conrad Hack. This was the third and final novel of Conrad Richter's Ohio Trilogy, which included The Trees (1940) and The Fields (1946) and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1951.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. B&W Drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 362 pp .
Synopsis
The Town is a novel written by Conrad Richter in 1950. It is the third installment of his Awakening Land trilogy, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1951.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28003
- Title
- The Town
- Author
- Richter, Conrad
- Illustrator
- Conrad Hack
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- New As New with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- Limited Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Conrad Richter;, Franklin Library;, Pulitzer Prize;, Fine Binding;, Ohio;
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
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