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The Bean Trees
by Kingsolver, Barbara
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- First
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060158638
- ISBN 13
- 9780060158637
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: HarperCollins, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed By Author on Title Page. First Edition, First Printing. Book has light stain on inside front and back cover where dust jacket was glued in. dust jacket has corresponding staining on flaps. Inacribed "Chuck, warm wishes" and then signed. Dust jacket protected by removable Brodart cover..
Synopsis
The Bean Trees , first published in 1988, is the first book written by Barbara Kingsolver and was followed by a sequel, Pigs in Heaven . Taylor Greer hightails it out of Kentucky as soon as she gets a car, refusing to be just another small-town girl. She soon finds herself in Oklahoma near Cherokee territory, and in a parking lot, a desperate and frightened woman hands Taylor a Cherokee toddler and leaves. Taylor and the child, named Turtle, keep moving out west and try to find somewhere to put down roots and grow. British Fantasy Award (1988)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Grove Heirloom Books
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 002885
- Title
- The Bean Trees
- Author
- Kingsolver, Barbara
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060158638
- ISBN 13
- 9780060158637
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date published
- 1988
- Keywords
- WEST U FICTION Collectible
Terms of Sale
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