[Item #47832] A World Made of Fire. Mark Childress.

A World Made of Fire

Hardcover, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First Edition. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. Author's first novel. "A World Made of Fire is the story of Jacko Bates, a crippled child growing up in turn-of-the-century Alabama. Tragically orphaned when a fire sweeps through his mother's house on Christmas Day 1909, Jacko is raised by his twelve-year-old sister, Callie, but otherwise disregarded by the townsfolk who have problems of their own to face." Ships same or next business day. Book has minor edge wear, tiny dents on head edge of front board, lightly faded along head edge; overall, pages are clean, tight, and bright. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minor edge wear, lightly tanned on head and tail edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 283 pages. [Item #47832]

Price: $28.00

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