Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver in a new archival wrap. First Edition stated, 1998 Harper Flamingo. First Printing with full number line reversed, 10-1.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on the straight spine, a few smudges on top page block, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and two heavily 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 mild surface wear and moderate to heavy edge wear. First state jacket with $26.00 price and 1198 code on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it—from garden seeds to Scripture—is calamitously transformed on African soil. What follows is a suspenseful epic of one family’s tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
