Bell, Madison Smartt

Soldier's Joy: A Novel

Hardcover, New York, New York: Ticknor & Fields/Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First Edition. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by author on the half-title page, "For Rolland L. Comstock - I'm honored to be on your list of twelve...Madison Smartt Bell." Also SIGNED and dated by author on full title page. "It is the early 1970s, and Laidlaw has returned from a small war on the far side of the globe to his now abandoned family homestead outside Nashville. As he hones his considerable skills at bluegrass banjo, it should be a time for psychic healing, but for a loner like Laidlaw the past dies hard." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Book's spine is slightly skewed and loose, light bumps on both ends of spine. Overall, book is tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has tiny tear on back bottom left corner, light tanning on head edge of flaps. ; 9.25" x 6.25" x 1.5"; 465 pages; Signed by Inscribed by Author(s). [Item #1327]

Price: $30.00