FEATHER CROWNS - Scarce Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed by Bobbie Ann Mason - SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE

Mason, Bobbie Ann

ISBN 10: 0060167807 / ISBN 13: 9780060167806

Published by New York City, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993, 1993

About this Item

1st Printing. Signed. 454 pages. Published in 1993. The author's third novel. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Bobbie Ann Mason's "Feather Crowns". A triumph. "In her longest, most ambitious work, Bobbie Ann Mason chronicles the spiritual and emotional journey taken by Christie Wheeler, a Kentucky farmer's wife who gives birth to quintuplets in the spring of 1900. The evocative physical detail, tart dialogue, wry humor and striking ability to capture the rich complexity of working people's lives that distinguished Mason's earlier books are linked to a more overtly philosophical quest for meaning that marks this novel as an exciting extension of the writer's already considerable talents. The novel is a meditation on modern celebrity culture: Hordes of people take the train to gawk at the infants, and in one truly shocking moment, a man enters through a window and disturbs the nursing Christie" (Publisher's Weekly and our comments). As long as the novel is, it goes down smoothly in one or several readings. An absolute "must-have" title for Bobbie Ann Mason collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Bobbie Ann Mason. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER BOBBIE ANN MASON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0060167807.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FEATHER CROWNS - Scarce Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed by Bobbie Ann Mason - SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE
• Publisher: New York City, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060167807
• ISBN 13: 9780060167806
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author

About this title

Synopsis

In turn-of-the-century Kentucky, Christianna and James Wheeler have the first recorded North American quintuplets, leading to an early version of the media circus. By the author of In Country. 75,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Review

"Possesses both gravity and grace; it has the power to move us with its simple, heartfelt depiction of ordinary, inarticulate people and their efforts to cope with the unexpected.""--New York Times"