Ironweed – William Kennedy
VG Paperback

Description

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first paperback edition, early printing of Ironweed by William Kennedy. First American Edition stated,  1987 Penguin. Fourteenth Printing with 13 reprints listed on copyright page.

The exterior of this paperback edition is in Very Good condition, with clean, bright covers, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Very Good condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.

Francis Phelan has hit bottom. More than twenty years ago, the ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, and full-time bum with the gift of gab left Albany after a tragic accident. Now, in 1938, Francis is back in town and faced with the wife and home he abandoned, roaming the old familiar streets, trying to make peace with the ghosts of the past and present. Winner of the Pultizer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Ironweed “goes straight for the throat and the funnybone” (The New York Times).

Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.