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Ironweed
by Kennedy, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670401765
- ISBN 13
- 9780670401765
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670401765 . SIGNED and INSCRIBED by William Kennedy in blue ink on the full title page. Difficult to read Kennedy's handwritting, inscription reads "For Ken ? , Best from SUNY, William Kennedy." True first printing with printing error on page 205, line 22. Spine slightly slanted. Both ends of spine very gently bumped. Minor foxing to top page edges. Minor foxing to first free endpaper. Dust jacket has its original price of $14.95. Dust jacket has minor edgewear and a little soiling. Dust jacket protected in a clear Brodart cover. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 227 pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
The third novel in William Kennedy’s Albany Cycle series, Ironweed (1983) is set during the Great Depression. It follows Francis Phelan, a drifter from Albany, New York. After a devastating accident where he killed his child, he becomes a wandering alcoholic, but at the beginning of the novel has returned home. Detailing Francis’s life following his homecoming, Ironwood tells the tragic tale of a man haunted by his past. The striking novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1984 and was adapted into a film in 1987.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81931
- Title
- Ironweed
- Author
- Kennedy, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670401765
- ISBN 13
- 9780670401765
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0670401765
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