Testing Current by Mcpherson William, Signed (3 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed to editor Larry Hughes on the front endpaper by the author. Small tears on the edges and corners, 1" tear top edge rear, price unclipped. Blue boards are bumped on one corner, rubbed all four corners, brown cloth spine crimped head/tail. Fine interior. First printing. This story of a summer in the life of a boy growing up in a well-to-do family in a summer vacation town in Michigan is by the Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist William McPherson. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011. Signed by Author.

hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. New York. 1984. March 1984. Simon & Schuster. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket With Some Tears. 0671252518. 348 pages. hardcover. Jacket art & design by Fred Marcellino. Signed by the Author. keywords: American Literature. DESCRIPTION - It is 1939, the end of an era. A Midwestern town drowses by a deep-running river. a town of shimmering lawns and Edwardian formality, of grown-up secrets and unspoken passions. Eight-year-old Tommy MacAllister is the explorer in this current, finding, in the eddies of innocence, sweet and frightening truths about the adult world around him - truths about a tranquil world flowing inexorably toward change. inventory #34651 Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket With Some Tears. Signed by the Author.

McPHERSON, William. TESTING THE CURRENT. London: Heinemann, [1985]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First English Edition. A nice association copy, signed presentation by McPherson to author Harold Brodkey: "For Harold Brodkey, with my great admiration- William McPherson, 3 Oct. '88." Near fine (corner end spine little bumped) in d/j. $85.00.