The Lilies of the Field by William E. Barrett [FIRST EDITION] 1962 • Doubleday & Company
The Lilies of the Field by William Edmund Barrett with illustrations by Burt Silverman
FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1962] DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY
True 1st edition with $2.50 price on front panel of jacket.
Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.
Dust jacket is fully in tact with a few chipped edges; line of surface damage across front [see photos] - otherwise very good. Now housed in a new HQ brodart jacket protector.
Book itself is near mint. Eroded letter on green cloth spine and a cropped corner to front endpaper. Otherwise excellent. Reads as new!
Source novel for the classic film starring Sidney Poitier
The enchanting story of two unlikely friends, a black ex-GI and the head of a group of German nuns, The Lilies of the Field tells the story of their impossible dream to build a chapel in the desert.