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Mattie Sprunk, a young girl, treasures the memories of Miss Milo, who on her wedding day long ago was jilted at the altar. Miss Milo bore no grudge against her fiance because she was convinced that he had unwittingly entered another dimension and would return at any moment. Her life centered upon being perpetually prepared for this event with everything kept in readiness for his imminent reappearance. Even after Miss Milo's death, Mattie willingly (and for a small fee) makes up the four-poster bed with clean sheets according to Miss Milo's wishes. Mattie surveys this blighted love affair from a romantic point of view in total sympathy with the forebearing Miss Milo. Readers, however, may observe Miss Milo's obsession less charitably. They may find their sympathy wearing thin for Miss Milo's pathetic inability to deal with reality and get on with her life. Feminists will be particularly turned off. However, the illustrations are intriguing. The artist, using a technique of pointillism, succeeds in creating a hazy, otherworldlike effect that aptly reflects the detached mood of the story. --Phyllis G. Sidorsky, National Cathedral School, Washington, DC
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Poor Lavesta Margaret Milo. Just like Charles Dickens's Miss Havisham, this lady was left at the altar on her wedding day. The folks in town say Miss Milo is crazy; they don't believe for a minute her claims that handsome Charley Fender has disappeared into another dimension. But Mattie Sprunk knows better: Mattie's grandmother was Miss Milo's best friend--some say her only friend--and this determined youngster is going to honor Miss Milo's memory no matter what. Readers meet Mattie as she brings to Miss Milo's abandoned house clean sheets (Mattie has even skipped a meeting of the Knickerbocker Twinkies) "for her special bed which she never slept in." With haunting prose and an aura of old-fashioned mystery, Wahl's voice becomes Mattie's, as she spins this captivating tale of love and betrayal, of reality and illusion. It's hard to believe that the splendid paintings mark Grove's book debut: using a pointillist technique, he imbues his atmospheric artwork with a fragile beauty that suits the narrative as perfectly as one of Lavesta's kid gloves. All ages.
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- PublisherTen Speed Press
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0898153298
- ISBN 13 9780898153293
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages46
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Fine 1st edition hardcover in dark green cloth boards with authors initials blindstamped into frt board. No spine title. Sharp tips and spine ends, no names, tears or soil. Pages crisp. Internally flawless. 47 pp plus a page on the stellar artwork withing. An old woman waits for the man who would have been her bridegroom if he hadn't vanished into another dimension. Seller Inventory # 28364
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Book Description Hardcover. First Edition [1990]; First Printing indicated by a complete number line. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. The Book shows a former owner's gift inscription at the upper corner of the front flyleaf; the upper corner tips are very mildly bumped; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows a bit of tape residue at the lower backstrip (the work of a local bookseller); three short, closed tears along the top edge of the panels; the price is unclipped. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 7 x 0.5 inches). 47 pages. Illustrated in color by Jeff Grove. Weight: 10.7 ounces. Hardback with DJ. First Edition [1990]; First Printing indicated by a complete number line. Seller Inventory # 48159
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Grove, Jeff (illustrator). 1st Edition. Clean, tight, square and bright first edition, first printing bound in dark green cloth with author's initials embossed on front cover. Author's inscription and signature opposite half-title page. No discernible flaws. Dust jacket is unclipped, protected in removable mylar, with slight wear at upper forecorners, otherwise fine. Beautifully illustrated tale about a woman's life-long wait for a disappeared lover, told by a young girl who continues the vigil. Wahl says "It is my most personal statement, It asks What is Real, What is Imagined, What is Dreamed?" 47 pages includes pointillist illustrations in B&W and full-color. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 2080138496
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Book Description Condition: Fine. FIRST EDITION HARDBACK SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the Title page. Also appears to be SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the ILLUSTRATOR on the front free end paper. Book condition is Fine. Dust Jacket is Very Good Plus. Not Price Clipped. Lavishly illustrated. Dust Jacket will be covered with an Acid Free Clear Archival cover. 6.75 x 9.5 Inches in size. 46 numbered pages. First Edition and First Printing with full number line 1-5. Seller Inventory # 3393
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