A Separate Peace by John Knowles vintage first edition hardcover novel with original dust jacket, inscribed and signed by Know...

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A Separate Peace by John Knowles vintage first edition hardcover novel with original dust jacket, inscribed and signed by Knowles. (ca. 1959) Vintage hardcover first edition copy with original dust jacket. This classic coming of age novel was a finalist for the National Book Award and remains a perennial best-seller, Inscribed and signed by Knowles in blue ink on the recto of the free endpaper, writing "To George - With all the best thoughts - John Knowles. February 8th, 1974". Dust jacket exhibits some fading, scuffing to the edge of the front cover and back, and general signs of handling. Interior pages clean with some toning to the top of the fore edge. In vintage very good condition.

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