MY READING LIFE / SIGNED /1ST EDITION / DJ
New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2010. 1st Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. (12) 337 (3) pp. SIGNED in ink by Pat Conroy on the half-title. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from drawings by Wendell Minor. Cloth-backed boards; gilt spine titling. 5" x 7 1/4". Pat Conroy (1945-2016) was the author of Prince of Tides, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline and Beach Music among others. He was also a voracious reader. From the flap: "In My Readinmg Life, Conroy revisits a life of reading through an array of wonderful and often surprising anecdotes: sharing the pleasures of the local library's vast cache with his mother when he was a boy, recounting his decades-long relationship with the English teacher who pointed him onto the path of letters, and describing a profoundly influential period he spent in Paris, as well as reflecting on other pivotal people, places, and experiences. An As New copy in an As New dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. As New / As New. Item #3090
Price: $75.00