SEX WARS
by Piercy, Marge
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Sex Wars" is the sixteenth novel from poet, novelist and social activist, Piercy. Set in New York City in the years immediately after the Civil War, the book features Freydeh, a young Jewish woman living in an NYC tenement apartment with eight others while she saves money to bring the rest of her family from Russia and to hunt her sister who has disappeared somewhere in the city. First edition, first printing (as stated, with complete numberline). About 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 411 pages including acknowledgments. Bound in red paper-covered boards with brown backstrip and gold lettering on spine. Iconic William Morrow logo stamped in lower right front corner. Dustjacket's front panel shows title box over E.J. Belloq photo with author's name in yellow. Back panel contains four blurbs of advance praise for the novel. Boards, text and dustjacket are clean, complete and unmarked. No chipping, creasing, tearing or other noticeable flaws or damage. Not price-clipped. Not ex-library or remaindered. A collectable copy. Piercy's writing and scholarship back up her beliefs and activisim as numerous historical figures including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Victoria Woodhull and Anthony Comstock share the pages with the fictional Freydeh.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005957
- Title
- SEX WARS
- Author
- Piercy, Marge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- HISTORICAL NOVEL, MODERN FEMINISM, NEW YORK, 19TH CENTURY, POST-CIVIL WAR, SUFFFRAGISTS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTIVISTS,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Novel; Fine Literature; Historical Novel;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Fine
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