Description
First edition of A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan, inscribed by the author.
Thick octavo, [16], 861pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine, author’s facsimile signature on front cover. Stated “first edition” with corresponding first printing number line on copyright page. Bumped lower edge along back cover, otherwise fine. In publisher’s dust jacket, retail price on front flap, light shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed on the flyleaf: “With Best Wishes, Neil Sheehan.”
Winner of the 1988 National Book Award for Nonfiction and the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.
