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THE EIGHTH DAY
by THORNTON WILDER
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Poor
- Seller
-
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is a stated first edition (1967) of The Eighth Day, the 6th novel by the American writer Thornton Wilder (1897-1975). It won the 1968 National Book Award; it is described as a great American epic...suspenseful and deeply moving. It is a family saga centered around a murder mystery.
435 pages, no adornment.
The dust jacket is in terrible condition.
The silver ink on the spine has faded and there has been a spill to the bottom 1/8" of the cover. This continues onto the bottom of the pages, but not onto the front of the pages/inside.
That said, this book does not appear to have been read.
The inside is perfect. Lovely white pages without a mark on any of them.
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Synopsis
Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes and won the National Book Award in 1968 for his famous novel, The Eighth Day . The story is set in a mining town in southern Illinois in the early 1900’s. John Ashley, a gifted engineer as well as an accused murderer, has been sentenced to death for the shooting of his best friend during their friendly weekly rifle practice. His flight to freedom comes on the eve of his execution and the mystery continues to haunt the victim’s young wife and children. The book moves forward and backward in time to explore the reactions of the community and of the family to the bizarre events that transpire. A beautifully written family sage by one of America’s most epic authors.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1183
- Title
- THE EIGHTH DAY
- Author
- THORNTON WILDER
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1967
- Pages
- 435
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- John Barrington Ashley, Breckenridge Lansing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime, Mystery, Spy, Detective, Thriller; American Fiction; Adventure, Travel & Exploration;
Terms of Sale
Louise Aird
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About the Seller
Louise Aird
Biblio member since 2019
West Vancouver, British Columbia
About Louise Aird
Private individual who has been collecting books for 40 years.
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