Buy this book on-line Henderson, Eleanor : The Twelve-mile StraightEcco Press, New York City, NY, 2017 ISBN 0062422081
First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 543 pages. The author's second novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents Eleanor Henderson's "The Twelve-Mile Straight". Unflinching, tender, and engrossing. "A panoramic portrait of 1930's Georgia, where poverty and violence collide with wealth and family: Born and Bred, White and Black, Rich and Poor. Two babies are born on a sharecropper's farm in Cotton County, one light-skinned, the other dark-skinned, twins born to Juke Jessup's daughter, Elma. With help from Nan, the black housekeeper, the two women raise the babies in a world that is collapsing around them. A lynching on the farm sets off a series of secrets and lies. Will the truth set them free or bury them alive? Unravels the hardship of a small town in the South, and how abuse, inequality, and racism scar and wound generation after generation" (Al Woodworth). An absolute "must-have" title for Eleanor Henderson collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (shortly after publication) in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Eleanor Henderson 11/16/17 NYC". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page, as copies available online are. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Material of the event during which her signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and post-publication dated copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ELEANOR HENDERSON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0062422081. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Henderson, Eleanor : The Twelve-mile Straight. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, livres d'occasion, rare books, fine bindings and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |