Cold Mountain ["Uncorrected Manuscript" (advance proof), "ver 97.1.14"]

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. Near Fine. 1997. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. NOISBN . (printed glossy wraps) [a very nice copy, with just a touch of wear at the right-hand and bottom edges of the front cover, faint scuffing to front cover, tiny bends to bottom corners of two pages mid-book]. Uncorrected Advance Proof (labeled "Uncorrected Manuscript" on front cover, "ver 97.1.14" on title page) of the author's debut novel, which went on to win the American Book Award and subsequently to serve as the basis for a respectable but imperfect 2003 film adaptation written and directed by Anthony Minghella, with a Brit and an Aussie (Jude Law and Nicole Kidman) doing their best to pass as American Southerners, and a Texan (Renée Zellweger) doing her best to Act Up a Storm (and an Oscar). Laid in is a publisher's promotional letter to booksellers dated February 27, 1997, offering a $50 credit for a brief newsletter review plus an extra $30 if a photo of the book jacket is also used, along with the blank form necessary to apply for said credit. .