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Gospel Hour
by T.R. Pearson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0688094805
- ISBN 13
- 9780688094805
- Seller
-
cremona, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
N. Y.: William Morrow & Co. 1991, 1991. HC and DJ. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2. ISBN:0-688-09480-5. Jacket design and illust by Linda Kosarin. 360 pp. The setting for this novel is the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia; the characters are from the south a nd Pearson's storytelling, like Faulkner's is rooted in Southern tradition. Pearson's humour is gentle, infinitely polite, his characters are essentially tranquil. Pearson's language is baroque, orna t e and colloquial. He is a master of his craft. Dj has one small chip, otherwise in near mint cond-bright, clean. Binding is beige cloth and dk blue paper on boards with gilt lettering - perfect con d . Endpapers are blue, mottled, and in pristine cond. Text is tight - as if never read. This is an exceptionally lovely first edition of Perason't fine work. Dj: v. good, Binding, endpapers and text: f in e-v. fine..
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- Bookseller
- Ghost River Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001048
- Title
- Gospel Hour
- Author
- T.R. Pearson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688094805
- ISBN 13
- 9780688094805
- Publisher
- N. Y.: William Morrow & Co. 1991
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- 0-688-09480-5 HUMOR FICTION, AMERICAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
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