Introduction Walker Percy (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Reprint.

Reprint. xxii, 348 pages. Paperback: H 20.25cm x L 13.5cm. Glossy paper covers lightly rubbed with minor wear at corners; slight bumping at spine ends. Faint impression of past bookseller's pencil note at half-title page's top right; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A near fine copy. {MS-Shelf#34} ISBN 0807100722.

xviii, 117 pages. Hardcover. No dust jacket as issued. Green cloth with bright gilt stamped lettering to spine and front board. A few foxing sports to text block edges. Interior pages are clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. ISBN 0917905067.

Reprint (originally published March 1941). [2], xxii, 348 pages. Paperback: H 20.25cm x L 13.75cm. Paper covers lightly rubbed. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. Still a fine copy. A beloved classic of Southern and particularly Mississippi literature, LANTERNS ON THE LEVEE features the reminiscences of William Alexander Percy, most of which regard life in Greenville and the Mississippi Delta with chapters on the Great Flood of 1927, Ku Klux Klan activities, travels in Europe, World War I, attendance at Harvard Law School, etc. spiced with impressions of Yankees and reflections upon race relations in the South. Son of Senator LeRoy Percy and grand-uncle of novelist and essayist Walker Percy, William Percy died January 21, 1942 less than a year after the book's initial first printing. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {Lit_Shelf #39} ISBN 9780807100721.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Here are three trade paperback novels by three great American novelists: "Seize the Day" by Saul Bellow (a Candian-American author, but long living in New York), "Stern" by Bruce Jay Friedman, and "The Moviegoer" by Walker Percy. These are all previously owned, but remain clean and presentable with but near-negligible signs of handling ( "Stern" has a remainder mark on the bottom text-block edge) TITLE : Seize the Day AUTHOR : Saul Bellow (1915 - 2005 - Bellow was a Canadian-American author) IMPRINT : Penguin Books PLACE : New York DATE : (İ 1996) EDITION : Reprint - 4th Penguin Printing DETAILS : Trade paperback; 5" x 7 3/4", photo-pictorial wraps; 118 pages, plus 1 page of publisher's list CONDITION : No crease to spine; covers have mild surface rub and a few small indentations, else clean; text-block edges are slightly toned else clean. Interior is clean and free of marking. No signatures. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SERIES : Arbor House Library of Contemporary Americana TITLE : Stern AUTHOR : Bruce Jay Friedman (1930 - 2020) INTRODUCTION : Jack Richardson IMPRINT : Arbor House PLACE : New York DATE : [Circa 1983] EDITION : Reprint - 1st Arbor House printing DETAILS : Trade paperback; 5 3/8" x 8 1/8", decorated wraps; 118 pages, plus 1 page of publisher's list CONDITION : No crease to spine; covers have mild surface rub, else clean; bottom text-block edge has a remainder mark; text-block edges in general display mild weathering, else clean. Interior is clean and free of marking. No signatures. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SERIES : Vintage International TITLE : The Moviegoer AUTHOR : Walker Percy (1930 - 2020) IMPRINT : Random House PLACE : New York DATE : (1998) EDITION : Reprint - First Vintage international printing DETAILS : Trade paperback; 5 1/8" x 8", photo-pictorial wraps; 242 pages. CONDITION : No crease to spine; covers are clean; text-block edges are clean. Interior is clean and free of marking. No signatures.

ISBN 0-917905-06-7. Hardback. No dustjacket. First Printing. Near Fine condition. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Anniversary Edition. With a new introduction by Andrei Codrescu for this edition, and the original introduction by Walker Percy. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Mylar jacket cover.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 376 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 376 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.