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Hardcover, bound in full genuine brown gilt-stamped leather binding. 367 pages. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker, all edges gilt, raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn binding, silk moire end-papers, acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed edition, published by Easton Press, 1999. One of 1,600 copies, personally signed by author, with COA (Certificate of Authenticity) and unused blank Easton Press book-plate laid-in loose. An autobiography of McCourt’s arrival in America as an impoverished immigrant and his journey through menial jobs until he goes back to school at New York University and finds his muse as a teacher and raconteur. A pristine copy, gift quality, new in shrink wrap.