Published by Stuart Wright, 1984
ISBN 10: 0913773158 ISBN 13: 9780913773154
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Lily Hamlin (illustrator).
Published by Stuart Wright, 1984
ISBN 10: 0913773158 ISBN 13: 9780913773154
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Lily Hamlin (illustrator). SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book.
Published by S. Wright, [S.l.], 1984
ISBN 10: 0913773158 ISBN 13: 9780913773154
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lily Hamlin (illustrator). 104 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. Very clean and tight copy. Record # 456446.
Published by Stuart Wright, 1984
ISBN 10: 0913773158 ISBN 13: 9780913773154
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. Lily Hamlin (illustrator). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!.
Published by Stuart Wright, 1984
ISBN 10: 0913773158 ISBN 13: 9780913773154
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Lily Hamlin (illustrator). 1st Edition. Association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper to Peter Matthiessen: "For Peter, All friendly greetings, Eleanor, Xmas, 1984." A standout association between fellow National Book Award winners: Eleanor Clark, whose husband was Robert Penn Warren, won in 1965 for the nonfiction book The Oysters of Locmariaquer. Matthiessen's At Play in the Fields of the Lord was a finalist for an NBA the following year, but he did not win until the Snow Leopard in 1979, and then Shadow Country in 2008. Matthiessen and Clark both wrote evocatively about the sea and its catch, and Clark wrote an advanced blurb for Far Tortuga that appears on its jacket: "Peter Matthiessen's most beautiful book. It goes very deep, with endless subtleties there s a feeling all the time of its being written by the sea. A wonderful creation." Moreover they were friends, running in the same Long Island-Connecticut circles. In Reading My Father, Alexandra Styron recalls the scene: "Mum and Daddy [William Styron] had established a nice group of friends in the area John and Mary Cheever were just over the border in Ossing. Robert Penn 'Red' Warren and Eleanor Clark lived forty-five minutes away in Fairfield. Sometimes, a few of their New York friends came over weekends. My parents enjoyed filling the house with interesting people, and the parties were lively, though things could sometimes get a little out of hand. 'The amount of bourbon that went down was beyond belief' is how Peter Matthiessen remembers it." A wonderful association. Fine book in fine jacket. Also laid in is a slip reading "This book is sent to you with the compliments of Gary Fisketjon." Fisketjon rose to become the Editor and Vice-President of Knopf Publishing.