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New York: Harpercollins, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First printing. Author signed on the dedication page: "To Ted Robinson - Now you can have lunch with me. You're buyin'. David H. Bradley Dec 24, 1983 Bedford, PA". Gilt on blue covers in a white pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 432pp. The dust jacket is edge torn.

New York: Harpercollins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060104910 . Gently read copy. Price clipped. ; Inscribed by David Bradlet and his Mother. Full number line. ; 9.30 X 6 X 1.50 inches; 432 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Harper & Row, 1981. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. Paul Gamarello (Jacket Design) and Thomas Victor (. x, [2], 432, [2] pages. Inscribed by author on Dedication page. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. This is a work of historical reconstruction; the appearance of certain historical figures is therefore inevitable. All other characters are the product of the author's imagination. The Chaneysville Incident won the 1982 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. It concerns a black historian who investigates an incident involving the death of his father and a prior incident involving the death of some 12 slaves. John, the historian, struggles to solve the mystery of his father, Moses Washington, a moonshiner with a troubled past. Imagination, hunting, death, and racial tensions all make thematic appearances in this novel. Chaneysville is in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. David Henry Bradley, Jr. (born 1950) is the author of The… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in about fine dust jacket. Inscribed by David Bradley on the dedication page.