Possessing the Secret of Joy

Author(s): Walker, Alice

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	Yes
Dust Jacket Condition:	Very Good
Edition:	1st Thus
Impression:	1st Impression
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Jonathan Cape
Publication Year:	1992
Publication Place:	London, UK
ISBN:	9780224035279
Book ID:	019005
Catalogue(s):	Modern Fiction Firsts ◇ Fiction - General

First UK edition, first impression. 270pp. In orange cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Bright red endpapers. 8vo. A few mild marks on cloth, spine ends slightly rounded. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, lightly bumped along upper edge. A disconcerting novel regarding female tribal initiation, centring on one of the minor characters from The Colour Purple.

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Fiction novels modern fiction firsts