Description
For sale: a Rare 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 Very Good condition with bright boards with a few spots, strong title gilt on a slightly concave spine, a few smudges on page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, heavily rolled spine ends, moderate edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with the previous owner’s name on the first free end paper. No other 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 price-clipped dust jacket is in Very Good condition with mild surface wear and heavy edge wear. 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.
