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Thomas McGuane lives in McLeod, Montana. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the author of ten novels, three works of nonfiction, and three collections of stories.
"Full of surprises and rewards and an exhilaration one feels only rarely.... I offer a gentle exhortation -- please read this book." - Newsday
"Thomas McGuane makes the page, the paragraph, the sentence itself a record of continuous imaginative activity.... He is an important as well as a brilliant novelist." --The New York Times Book Review
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- PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 0374222592
- ISBN 13 9780374222598
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages197
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Book Description Condition: Good. NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1973. Stated 1st edition. Hardcover 8vo 197 pgs. Good in a good dust jacket. Owner's ink note at top of 2nd front endpaper. Approx 10 pgs have ink underlining. 1 pg has a dog ear fold at bottom corner. Jacket edgeworn and has 1 inch tear near spine head. Jacket lightly scratched and front flap has a long crease. Laid in are 2 articles: a Time mag review of this book and a 2011 newspaper review of 'Mile Marker Zero' about Jimmy Buffett and McGuane, etc. (psychological fiction, literature) Inquire if you need further information. Seller Inventory # B37958-F-MCG
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Book Description First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 197 pages. McGuane's third book, a very well received novel that was the basis for a movie that starred Peter Fonda, Margot Kidder, Burgess Meredith, and Harry Dean Stanton. A tight near fine copy in two-tone cloth boards with some minor wear and in a very good plus dust jacket wiht some light wear. Seller Inventory # 198154
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition 2nd printing - owner's stamp inside front cover - minor sun fade to edge of cover - minor stain to page edge - slightest wear to edge of dust jacket (now in mylar cover) otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy. Seller Inventory # DT9-GAE-72I
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1974 William Collins (UK) hard cover - 1st edition 1st printing - 1 inch tear at top edge of front dust jacket - slight staining to closed page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy. Seller Inventory # RW-3T9E-T9QT
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good +. First printing. First printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. McGuane's third novel. A clean, unmarked copy. Seller Inventory # 11237
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Slightest sunning at the top edge of the boards else fine in fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's printed slip laid in. A lovely copy. Basis for the 1975 film scripted and directed by McGuane, and featuring Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith, Harry Dean Stanton, and Margot Kidder, whom he later married. Seller Inventory # 558706
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