John Cheever The Wapshot Chronicle
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John Cheever

The Wapshot Chronicle

Harper & Brothers 1957
First Edition

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FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING Harper & Brothers, NY, 1957. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. hardcover, stated " FIRST EDITION B-G" on the copyright page. .NO marks in or on the book, no writing, no bookplates. Dustjacket is NOT price clipped ( $ 3.50 ) and is wrapped in a mylar cover. Overall Very Nice, Collectible Copy. The Wapshot Chronicle is the debut novel by John Cheever about an eccentric family that lives in a Massachusetts fishing village. Published in 1957, it won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1958 and was followed by a sequel, The Wapshot Scandal, published in 1964.

John Cheever The Wapshot Chronicle
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