Description
Signed first edition of In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason.
Octavo, [8], 247pp. Beige cloth spine, tan boards. Title in gilt on spine. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page, with full number line. Solid text block, foxing to top edge, a near fine example. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $15.95 retail price on front flap, foxing to top edge, a touch of shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed by the author on the title page.
Bobbie Ann Mason (b. 1940) is a novelist, literary critic, and Pulitzer Prize finalist. In Country is her first novel, and was adapted into a film starring Bruce Willis and Emily Lloyd in 1989.