The Skinner's Tale: A Novel (First Edition)
Language: English
Published by Stackpole Books, New York, 1991
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Armadillo Books, Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.Armadillo Books
AbeBooks seller since April 21, 1998
Condition: Used - Fine
£ 15.43
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A lovely First Edition copy! Fine in original hardcover (square, tight, unmarked) in a fine dust jacket -- clean, bright, tight -- which has not been price-clipped. First edition; first printing (full number line present). "First novel by the Alabama author, being a series of interconnected stories about Jericho Walker, an elderly African American man who guides the hunts and skins the deer on the family's land in Alabama." Ships from NC. All hardbacks are sealed in recycled plastic, packaged securely with protective wrapping, and shipped promptly with tracking information.
Seller Inventory # ABE-1788800210962
- Title
- The Skinner's Tale: A Novel (First Edition)
- Author
- Charles Nicholson (author)
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books, New York
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0811719391
- ISBN 13
- 9780811719391
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 476 grams
- Dimensions
- 15.88 centimeters width by 23.5 centimeters height by 1.91 centimeters depth
Through old family secrets, opinions, gossip, and history we learn about Jericho's family and the family of Boss Bishop, the white landowner he works for,
This is a richly woven story filled with lovingly depicted characters and arresting descriptions of the land, hunting, and the South.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Armadillo Books
Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since April 21, 1998
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