Description
Signed first trade edition of A Distant Mirror by Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara W. Tuchman.
Octavo, xx, 677pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated “First Trade Edition” on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $15.95 retail price on front flap, touch of shelf wear, a fine example.
Includes paperwork and bookmark from Kroch’s & Brentano’s First Edition Circle.
Signed by the author on tipped-in blank.
Barbara Tuchman received two Pulitzer Prizes for achievements in General Nonfiction throughout her prolific career. The first, in 1963, for her World War I history titled The Guns of August, and the second in 1972 for Stilwell and the American Experience in China.
