Provinces of Night by Gay, William
- Bookseller: Landmark Booksellers
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 002199
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fine
- Jacket condition: Fine
- Quantity available: 1
- Edition: First Edition/First Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0385499272
- ISBN 13: 9780385499279
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Place: New York
- Date published: 2000
- Pages: 293
- Size: 6.5 x 9.5 x 1 inches
- Weight: 1.25 pounds
Description
New York: Doubleday. Hardcover. 0385499272 Author's second book. Black boards w/dark grey spine and gold lettering on spine; marbled ecru endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. 291 pp. DJ protected in Demco. Local author. Please inquire about our other William Gay signed first edition titles. . Fine. 2000. First Edition/First Printing.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Book summary
E. E. Bloodworth returns to his Tennessee town after walking out on his wife and sons 20 years before. Not surprisingly, he is met with anger and resentment--by everyone except for his young grandson, Fleming, and a young woman named Raven Lee.
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