Ship of Fools

The first edition of this popular work was published by Little Brown in 1962. It was 497 pages long, and the original retail price was $6.50 . The first edition can be identified by the following points: FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Boards are yellow cloth.

Ship of Fools was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist.

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Picture of the 1962 first edition dust jacket for Ship of Fools.

Picture of the first edition copyright page for Ship of Fools.

Picture of dust jacket where original $6.50 price is found for Ship of Fools.

Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of Ship of Fools.

Picture of the first edition Little Brown boards for Ship of Fools.

Other first edition points for books by Katherine Anne Porter include: The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (U.S.), The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (UK).

  

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