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Doubleday. New York. 1993. 487 pages. First edition thus., first printing with full numberline including one. Printed November 1993. Hand-signed by John Grisham in blue ink on the half-title page' no inscription, signature only. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Black cloth binding over blue paper-covered boards. Gold endpapers. $23.50 price intact on DJ flap. This is the first Doubleday edition, first printing of this title. This edition was published a few years after the rare Wynwood retail trade edition from 1989. Doubleday bought the rights from Wynwood and re-released this title as a result of the massive success Doubleday had with John Grisham's second book, and first best seller, The Firm. A pristine first Doubleday edition, first printing, signed, of John Grisham's first book. F/F.

John Grisham's first novel, a gripping legal thriller about a young attorney and the racial injustice in the Southern United States.