Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Actress by Anne Enright in a new archival wrap. First Edition stated, 2008 Grove Press. First Printing with full number line.
The book is in Fine condition with spotless boards, strong title gilt on the spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, no edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is in Fine 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.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface wear, the price is intact on the flap, and looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Bringing to life two generations of women with difficult sexual histories, both assaulted and silenced, both finding―or failing to find―their powers of recovery, Actress touches a raw and timely nerve. With virtuosic storytelling and in prose at turns lyrical and knife-sharp, Enright takes readers to the heart of the maddening yet tender love that binds a mother and daughter.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
