Description
For sale: a Rare first edition, first printing paperback copy of A Separate Peace by John Knowles. First Bantam Paperback Edition described, 1966 Bantam. 47th Printing stated and undated.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Very Good condition, with clean, illustrated covers with a vertical crease near the spine. Also, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a flat spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
Set at a boys’ boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer, like the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world.
Small mass market paperback (7″ x 4″ x 0.5″) ships promptly in a manila envelope with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
