Condition is good. All pages present. Book is tight clean and square. Some light wear on the cover(scratches) Boards sharp and with light dust marks, Feels lightly read. See pictures for more details. Note, we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. Shipped with USPS media mail NCWC Press, 1993. First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies (copy 311) signed by Gurganus. Glossy illustrated boards. Issued without a dustjacket. Signed by Author inside rear page. First Edition. Hardcover 7" - 9" tall. Limited Edition. In his fictional Falls, North Carolina-a watchful zone of stifling mores-Allan Gurganus?s fond and comical characters risk everything to protect their improbable hopes from prejudice, poverty, betrayal. Seeking warmth and true connection, they shield themselves and loved ones while creating a rarely-glimpsed world of valor, minor grandeur, side-street heroics. Muriel Fraser, a poor Scottish-born spinster, is the subject of a John Singer Sargent portrait in the imagination of her devoted grand-nephew. Tad Worth, a young man dying of AIDS, finds ways to restore vitality to old friends and 18th-century houses. Overnight, one pillar of the community, accused of child molesting, becomes the village pariah. And Clyde Delman, ugliest if kindest man in Falls, finds the love of his eight-year-old son jeopardized when troubling family secrets arise. In each of these splendid complex tales, Allan Gurganus wrings truths-sometimes bruising, ofttimes warming-from human hearts as immense as they are local. We are happy to combine shipping in the USA. Please ask any questions prior to purchasing. Thank you for visiting our store and check out our other great listings!!