The Bean Trees
by KINGSOLVER, Barbara
- Used
- fine
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060158638
- ISBN 13
- 9780060158637
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey
Item Price:
$260.00
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.
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
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 304243
- Title
- The Bean Trees
- Author
- KINGSOLVER, Barbara
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket condition
- Fine
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060158638
- ISBN 13
- 9780060158637
- Publisher
- Harper & Row Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date published
- 1988
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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