Published by Anchor Books/ Published by Doubleday/ A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, 1998
ISBN 10: 0385489587 ISBN 13: 9780385489584
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. 1st Anchor Bks Ed., Sept,1998; 1st Print. 446 pp. Flawless book.
Published by Viking; Penguin, New York, 1994
ISBN 10: 0670845787 ISBN 13: 9780670845781
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. xiii, 354 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "The nineteen short stories in The Literary Traveler chronicle voyages and visits, trips and travails that test the resolve of characters and the bonds of relationships, leading to moments of triumph, tragedy, and transcendence. This is a book for those who love to go places and for those who like to stay at home and read - for anyone at all, in fact, who appreciates an exotic setting, a tale well told. Readers of The Literary Traveler will experience wondrous sights distilled through the unique sensibilities of some of the greatest voices in contemporary fiction. Writers from Paul Bowles to Lorrie Moore, Sue Miller to John Updike explore such diverse locales as Australia's living Great Barrier Reef; a temple in Thailand filled with shimmering Buddhas; a bizarre street performance by a traveling circus - straight out of the Middle Ages - in Freiburg, Germany; a school of flying fish off the bow of an ocean liner; the ancient French abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel; Inca ruins in Peru; a beautifully contemplative courtyard in an Islamic theological seminary in Iran; a Yoruba village in Nigeria; Bulgaria's Black Sea coast; a train trip across the Italian Alps; Ireland's unspoiled countryside; a moody New England sea town; India's Ganges River, filled with throngs of pilgrims seeking its curative powers; a Scottish village; Paris; Rome; Berlin; Prague; and beyond." - Publisher. CONTENTS: The gardens of Mont-Saint-Michel, by William Maxwell; Great barrier reef, by Diane Johnson; I'm worried about you, by Ward Just; Travel, by Sue Miller; Delirium eclipse, by James Lasdun; Wasted lives, by Fay Weldon; In Isfahan, by William Trevor; American express, by James Salter; The fellow passenger, by Elizabeth Jolley; The sepia postcard, by Steven Millhauser; Portrait of a lady, by Paul Theroux; You have left your lotus pods on the bus, by Paul Bowles; Summer opportunity, by Maria Thomas; Cruise, by John Updike; Hold me fast, don't let me pass, by Alice Munro; Which is more than I can say about some people, by Lorrie Moore; Virgin of tenderness, by Kate Braverman; Succor, by Allen Barnett; Verona: a young woman speaks, by Harold Brodkey. Size: 8vo. Collectible.
Published by Anchor Books / Random House, New York, 2002
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Trade paperback. Pages slightly age-toned in the margins and with light foxing on the edges, very good. First prize: Kevin Brockmeir; second prize: Mark Ray Lewis; and third prize: Louise Erdrich. Additional contributions by A.M. Homes, Jonathan Nolan, Edwidge Danticat, Anthony Doerr, Mary Yukari Waters, Alice Munro, David Foster Wallace and more.
Published by Anchor Books / Doubleday, New York, 1997
ISBN 10: 0385483619 ISBN 13: 9780385483612
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. 474pp. Pages lightly age-toned, near fine. Contributions by Mary Gordon, George Saunders, Lee K. Abbott, John Barth, Alice Munro, Carolyn Cooke, Arthur Bradford, Andre Dubus, Matthew Klam, Kiana Davenport, Ian MacMillan, Mary Gaitskill, Robert Morgan, Thomas Glave, Deborah Eisenberg, Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, Patricia Elam Ruff, Carol Shields, Christine Schutt, and Rick Moody.
Published by Viking, (New York), 1993
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Cream wrappers. Slight rubbing else near fine.