The Edge of Sadness
Language: English
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1961
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Book Cellar, Arcata, CA, U.S.A.Book Cellar
AbeBooks seller since September 29, 2026
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 25.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Edwin O'Connor's 1961 novel, winner of the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Father Hugh Kennedy, a priest recovering from alcoholism, returns to a run-down parish in a New England city and is drawn back into the life of the Carmody family and its domineering patriarch, Charlie Carmody. By the author of The Last Hurrah. An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, Little, Brown and Company, Boston and Toronto. Copyright 1961 by Edwin O'Connor. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 61-5738. Stated FIRST EDITION. Published simultaneously in Canada by Little, Brown & Company (Canada) Limited. Printed in the United States of America. Gray cloth with a gilt ornament on the front cover.
Seller Inventory # 542
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Edge of Sadness
- Author
- Edwin O'Connor
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company, Boston
- Publication year
- 1961
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- no dj
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First.
- Printing
- 1st printing
- Item weight
- 650 grams
- Dimensions
- Octavo
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction, fiction shelf 1, Literary Fiction
Book Cellar
Arcata, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since September 29, 2026
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 2 to 5 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 9.95 | US$ 25.85 |
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CA, U.S.A.