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The Dry Grass of August
de Mayhew, Anna Jean
- Usado
- good
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Kensington Books, 2011. 8vo size trade paperback with French flaps; 294 deckle edge pages (yes, deckle edge pages on a trade paperback!) Also includes an interview with the author and a Reader's Guide. Covers are unique to proof. Front cover states Advance Uncorrected Proof. Back cover includes brief overview of book including details of finished book and details on national marketing campaign. The top and bottom of the book and fep are stamped PROMO. The fep is a letter to the Reader from the Editor. The front flap is an overview of the book and the back has a color photograph and biography of the author. From back cover: "(In this debut novel, the author) offers a riveting depiction of Southern life in the throws of segregation, what it will mean for a young girl on her way adulthood..." From front flap: "In August 1954 13-year-old Jubie Watts (goes on vacation with her family.) Bright and curious, Jubie takes note of the anti-integration signs they pass, and of the racial tension that builds as they journey father south. But she could never have predicted the shocking turn their trip will take." Edgewear, date stamp to top of book and fep, name on fep. . Uncorrected Proof. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 006693
- Título
- The Dry Grass of August
- Autor
- Mayhew, Anna Jean
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- Uncorrected Proof
- Editorial
- Kensington Books
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2011
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- ARC; Advance Uncorrected Proof; Advance Reading Copy; Uncorrected Proof;segregation; Southern United States; integration; Race relations; Novel; Fiction
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction; Novels; ARC/Uncorrected Proofs;
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Glosario
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- Deckle edge
- Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Uncorrected Proof
- An uncorrected proof is a printed copy of a book that needs to be reviewed for errors and corrections. They are released prior...
