Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorkle in a new archival wrap.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean,bright boards, strong title gilt on the straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and two bumped corners. The interior of the book is also in Near 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 price intact and mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Hieroglyphics reveals the difficulty of ever really knowing the intentions and dreams and secrets of the people who raised you. In her deeply layered and masterful novel, Jill McCorkle deconstructs and reconstructs what it means to be a father or a mother, and what it means to be a child piecing together the world around us, a child learning to make sense of the hieroglyphics of history and memory.
Small volume ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
