A PIECE OF MY HEART

FORD, Richard

ISBN 10: 0060113626 / ISBN 13: 9780060113629

Published by Harper & Row Publishing, New York, Hagertown, San Francisco, London, 1976

About this Item

First edition, with dust wrapper. Brown boards with gilt lettering on the spine look to have sustained some water damage, particularly at the rear board. Result being some fading of colours and leaching of board colour on top dust wrapper and through to rear pastedown, also some texture changes. Lightly rubbed and discoloured at board edges. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Pastedowns, free endpapers, title pages are evenly, lightly discoloured, with some light foxing. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Binding is tidy and neat. Edges of pages are lightly discoloured and foxed, moreso at the fore edge. Rear edge of pages sustain water marks, else this book is in fair condition. Dust wrapper bears discolouration and thumbing. Rubbed, some creasing and general wear and tear. Edges are chipped (see image) and bear the odd tear. As mentioned above some water may have caused some leaching of board colour onto dust wrapper, along side foxing, as a result we will describe this dust wrapper as being in poor condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.

Seller Inventory # FIC1728

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A PIECE OF MY HEART
• Publisher: Harper & Row Publishing, New York, Hagertown, San Francisco, London
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060113626
• ISBN 13: 9780060113629
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Poor
• Weight: 550 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Ford's mesmerizing first novel is the story of two godless pilgrims. Robard Hewes has driven across the country in the service of a destructive passion. Sam Newell is seeking the missing piece of himself. When these men converge, on an uncharted island in the Mississippi, each discovers the thing he's looking for--amid a conflagration of violence that's as shocking as it is inevitable. "This is one of those books that hit you hard...a story filled with breathing characters and genius-crafted dialogue between moments of consummate description.... I can't be unbiased. I'm mad for this book."--Elizabeth Ashton, Houston Chronicle

From the Inside Flap

rizing first novel is the story of two godless pilgrims. Robard Hewes has driven across the country in the service of a destructive passion. Sam Newell is seeking the missing piece of himself. When these men converge, on an uncharted island in the Mississippi, each discovers the thing he's looking for--amid a conflagration of violence that's as shocking as it is inevitable.

"This is one of those books that hit you hard...a story filled with breathing characters and genius-crafted dialogue between moments of consummate description.... I can't be unbiased. I'm mad for this book."--Elizabeth Ashton, Houston Chronicle