Vestal Goodman; Ken AbrahamBiblio.com
VERGHESE, AbrahamBiblio.com
My Own Country
1994036603NY: Simon & Schuster. 1994. His first book a nonfiction account of being a physician caring for an unexpectedly large AIDS outbreak in eastern Tennessee. Inscribed by Verghese in 2002 to the medical historian Howard Markel who taught at the University of Michigan. Laid in is a typed note signed 2010 and a typed letter signed 2002 from Verghese to Markel--the former offering congratulations; the latter a thank you for hospitality during a visit to Ann Arbor. Additionally laid in is a 3-page copy of the remarks Markel made introducing Verghese for a speaking engagement. The letters and remarks are folded else fine; the book is fine but for lower corner bumps in a very near fine dust jacket with slight shelf wear. Verghese is the author of the highly praised novels Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Simon & Schuster hardcover
Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA · États-Unis750,00 $US≈ 634,57 €
