Fields Clover by Peter Vries, Signed (4 results)

275pp. 8vo. Original boards in slightly rubbed dustwrapper, short closed tear to foot of backstrip. Spine a little canted. A very good copy. First Edition. Signed by the author on a label pasted to ffe.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Inscribed by Peter De Vries to Emmy Award-winning screenwriter David Lloyd on the front flyleaf. When the family gathers to celebrate a New England couple's fortieth wedding anniversary, the formidable and witty offspring nearly break up the marriage itself in this wicked satire of the family neurosis. A writer and editor known for his sharp wit, De Vries (1910-93) joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine at the insistence of James Thurber and worked there from 1944 to 1987, writing stories and touching up cartoon captions. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with light blue titles. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some mild toning along the spine.

Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961. First Edition. Signed by De Vries at front free endpaper without inscription, though with previous owner's stamp directly above. Octavo. 275 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in light blue. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed along edges with a few minor nicks, short tear along top edge near crown, mild toning to edges and spine. Boards show light shelfwear and binding is sound. Ownership stamp to ffep, stain to same along upper fore-edge, and pages otherwise unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a bit of edgewear and the spine sunned, but the front panel clean and bright. One of De Vries' early efforts, in which the offbeat Marvel clan celebrates a fortieth wedding anniversary in a small Massachusetts town. Inscribed by De Vries to author Hamilton Basso and his wife.