Wailing Monkey Embracing Tree by Shuttle Penelope (5 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex- Library no dust jacket medium wear to book edges and cover . Library stickers and stamps are present . There is light scuffing to the cover of this book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. (1973), First Edition, Near Fine/Very Good dj, octavo, 128pp., light blue boards hardcover, bright silver lettering on backstrip, unclipped (2.45 UK) dj with sunned spine o/w very good, binding tight, text unmarked, Presented & Signed on title page to: "Bruce & Mary Berlind, Love, Penny, February '74.". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Octavo. 96, 33-64pp. A defective copy lacking the text following p.96, with pp.33-64 bound in again following p.96. In terms of condition, the book is fine in just about fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of wear. Briefly Inscribed by Shuttle on the title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by author to title page + a postcard from the author (though not signed or with her name). Slight tanning to jacket. 128pp. Inscribed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Three first edition novels by the poet and author Penelope Shuttle, in the original dust wrappers. The first editions of these three works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original dust wrappers. All the Usual Hours of Sleeping has an unclipped dust wrapper; Wailing Monkey Embracing a Tree and Rainsplitter in the Zodiac Garden both have price-clipped dust wrappers. Penelope Shuttle is an award-winning poet and author whose novels uniquely combine poetic imagery with the novel form, creating rich and powerful narratives. This set includes her first three novels which established her as a successful author, all of which are scarce in the first edition.All the Usual Hours of Sleeping (1969) explores the passion and destruction of a love triangle. Wailing Monkey Embracing a Tree (1973) centres on the breakdown of her protagonist and eventual re-establishment of her identity. Rainsplitter in the Zodiac Garden (1977) moves through the past, present and future as her protagonist goes through pregnancy. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original dust wrappers; one unclipped, two price-clipped. Externally, cloth is in lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrappers are mostly smart and bright. The spine of the wrap to Wailing Monkey is somewhat sunned. Fine. book.