Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Accordion Crimes by E. Annie Proulx in a new archival wrap. First Edition stated, 1996 Scribner. First Printing with a complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, lightly faded title gilt on the lightly sunned spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear and the price on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
A button accordion brought to New Orleans in 1890 by a Sicilian immigrant finds its way into the lives, dreams, fantasies, sorrows, and intimacies of men and women of other immigrant groups in South Dakota, Texas, Montana, Maine, and elsewhere.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
