Mohawk (First Edition, First Printing)

Russo, Richard

ISBN 10: 0394744098 / ISBN 13: 9780394744094

Published by Vintage, 1986

About this Item

First Edition, First Printing of the original edition of Richard Russo's first novel. The book's first appearance was as this "Vintage Contemporaries" title and only later was it published in a hardcover edition. 418 pages. Has a corner crease on the back corner and a bit of tanning on the page edges.

Seller Inventory # 001861

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mohawk (First Edition, First Printing)
• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394744098
• ISBN 13: 9780394744094
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good+ in Wrappers

About this title

Synopsis

[publisher: New York City, NY: Vintage Contemporaries, 1986] First Edition 1st Printing. 418 pages. Published in 1986. The author's debut novel. One of the most important American literary debuts of the last quarter of the 20th century. Text by Richard Russo. . Presents the author's cult debut novel. "I know of no novel in recent years so truly American, so fully peopled, so traditional without the merest nostalgia for novels or times that never were, or so ascendant. Singular and brilliant" (Bill Buford, GRANTA Magazine). A brilliant debut, this is a "must-have" title for Richard Russo collectors. This copy is prominently and beautifully signed in black fountain pen on the title page by Richard Russo. The First Hardcover Edition appeared in the United Kingdom in 1987 while the American hardcover did not appear until 2001,

About the Author

Richard Russo lives in coastal Maine with his wife and their two daughters. He has written five novels: Mohawk, The Risk Pool, Nobody’s Fool, Straight Man, and Empire Falls, and a collection of stories, The Whore’s Child.