The Optimist's Daughter
by Welty, Eudora
Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mis-sissippi, in 1909. She was educated locally and at Mississippi State College for Women, the University of Wisconsin, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Her short stories appeared in The Southern Review, Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s Bazaar, The New Yorker, and other magazines. She lectured at a number of colleges, held the William Allan Neilson professorship at Smith and the Lucy Donnelly Fellowship at Bryn Mawr, and was a lecturer at the Conference of American Studies at Cambridge University. She worked under grants from the Rockefeller and Merrill foundations and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and held a Guggenheim Fellow-ship. She was given honorary degrees from Smith, the University of Wisconsin, Western College for Women, Denison University, the University of the South at Sewanee, and Millsaps College in Jackson. She also received the M. Carey Thomas Award from Bryn Mawr, the Brandeis Medal of Achievement, and the Hollins Medal; her novel The Ponder Heart was awarded the Howells Medal for Fiction by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Eudora Welty died in 2001.From the Hardcover edition.
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The Optimist's Daughter
by WELTY, Eudora
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(London): Andre Deutsch, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition. Gilt spine titles. 180pp. Near fine with slightly bumped spine ends in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Item Price
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THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER
by Welty, Eudora
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Random House. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 039448018X . Maroon cloth binding tight, boards unmarked, corners sharp. Red topstain. Limited #184/300. In numbered red cardboard slipcase. Signed by author, underneath numbered edition statement. ; 8.40 X 5.40 X 1 inches; Signed by Author . Item Price
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1990
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1973
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A microcosmic play-like setting and premise of the young woman returning to take care of her dying father, where symbolisms abound
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180 pages, 204mm x 132mm x 14mm
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100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW Item Price
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The Optimist's Daughter
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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. As New. 1978. Limited Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition in As New condition; The Optimist's Daughter is a compact and inward-looking little novel, a Pulitzer Prize winner. The optimist in question is 71-year-old Judge McKelva, who has come to a New Orleans hospital from Mount Salus, Mississippi, complaining of a… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Optimist's Daughter - Excerpt
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Faircopy. 8.5 x 11 inch 30 lb tan stock. Opening paragraphs of the novel, beginning "A nurse held the door open for them." Signed by Welty. Fine condition. Unusual as such.. Signed by Author. Unbound. Fine/Not Issued. Faircopy/Typescript. Item Price
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THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER.
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New York:: Random House,, (1972.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a good dust jacket (lower edge of front board slightly bumped, some staining to the dj).. First edition. A seemingly slight story of a young woman who returns from Chicago to her childhood home in Mississippi after the death of her father, and in doing so,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Optimist's Daughter
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NYNY: BOMC. NEW strong clean tight fresh copy without remainder or other markings. bookofmonthclubedition. Unread copy. Size: 8vo . Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover Edition. 2002. Item Price
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Optimists Daughter
by Eudora Welty
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Optimist's Daughter
by Eudora Welty
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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Book. Illus. by Mitchell Hooks. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 190 pages. pulitzer prize 1973. limited edition published exclusively for subscribers. gold gilted edges. stamped in gold gilt on front and back cover as well as spine. brown leather. This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel tells the story of Laurel… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER + Notes From the Editors Booklet
by Welty, Eudora
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Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1980. First edition. Signed by Welty as issued. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. "Special Message" by Welty for this edition. Gilt-stamped, leather-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker and tissue insert for the signature page. "Notes from the Editors" booklet laid-in as issued. In the publisher's original stiff paper case with gold foil label and foam padding.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Optimist's Daughter
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NY: Book-Of-The-Month Club. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0965374718 . Winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize in fiction, this is the story of a war widow in her mid-forties who has left the South and returns, years later, to New Orleans, where her father, a prominent retired judge, is undergoing surgery and she… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Optimist’s Daughter.
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Franklin Center.: The Franklin Library., 1980. Limited Edition.. Hardcover, full maroon leather, raised bands, gilt decorations, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon marker. . Very good, faint spotting to edges, slight bum to top edge, tight and unread, no dust jacket as issued. . 22.5x15 cm. . Signed by the author on an endpaper. weight: 1.4 lb. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Optimist's Daughter
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First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine dustjacket. Tan cloth covered boards and spine with shiny gilt and copper foil lettering on the spine and a shiny gilt design on the upper corner of the front board. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. Tall Octavo. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An excellent copy of Welty's last novel. Item Price
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The Optimist's Daughter
by Welty, Eudora
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- 1978-07-12
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The Optimist's Daughter
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The Optimist's Daughter
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Franklin PA: Franklin Library, 1985 194 pgs,brown leather with gilt edges,no defects i can see,gold lettering,silk ribbon page marker. Limited. Leather. Near fine+. Item Price
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The Optimist's Daughter
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Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Special signed edition, part of the 60 limited edition series published between 1977 and 1982. Beautifully bound in leather with gilt letter and design in 22kt gold and printed on archival paper with gilt edges. The end sheets are of moire silk fabric with a silk marker… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE OPTIMISTS DAUGHTER Franklin Library
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; First Franklin Library Edition.;… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Optimist's Daughter
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A tight and clean first printing copy in a bright and crisp DJ. The book has a slightly mottled top edge dye else fine. Item Price
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The Optimist's Daughter
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