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Published by Holt, 1999, 1999
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition Very close to fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. A very sharp copy.
Published by Library of America, New York, 2001
ISBN 10: 1931082022ISBN 13: 9781931082020
Seller: Mnemosyne, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. SPLENDID: NEW LOA First edition hardcover (orig. 2001) First Printing, NEW LOA slipcase w/ double-ruled gilt borders & LOA-logo gilt-stamped on front panel & sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW British-green rayon-weave silk-finish Brillianta fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles & LOA-colophon handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE white-on-green LOA-patterned card-stock end-papers, NEW Smyth-sewn binding w/ tight signatures & emerald silk page-marker ribbon bound-in from top, PRISTINE interior printed in remarkably clear 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB acid-free Ecusta Nyallite paper * 5.12" x 8.12" x 1.24", 0.62 kg, 967 pp. slipcase: 5.46" x 8.50" x 1.42", 0.72 kg * CONTENTS: Novels 1944-1962: My Home Is Far Away (1), The Locusts Have No King (241), The Wicked Pavilion (501), & The Golden Spur (725); Chronology (943), Note on the Texts (955), Notes (959) * ABOUT THE BOOK: American literature has known few writers capable of the comic élan & full-bodied portraiture that abound in the novels of Dawn Powell. Yet for decades after her death Powell's work was out of print, cherished by a small band of admirers. Only recently has there been a rediscovery of the novelist who was such a vital presence in literary Greenwich Village from the 1920s to the 1960s, a writer whom Gore Vidal has called "our best comic novelist" & whom Edmund Wilson considered to be "on a level w/ Anthony Powell, Evelyn Waugh & Muriel Spark." LOA has again made available in an excellent 2-volume edition the best of Powell's quirky, often hilarious, sometimes deeply moving fiction. Dawn Powell (a vital part of literary Greenwich Village from the 1920s through the 1960s) was the tirelessly observant chronicler of two very different worlds: the small-town Ohio where she grew up & a sophisticated Manhattan to which she gravitated. If her Ohio novels are more melancholy & compassionate, her exuberant & incisive Manhattan novels sparkle w/ a cast of writers, show people, businessmen & hustling hangers-on. All show rich characterization & a flair for the gist of complex social situations. A playful satirist & unsentimental observer of failed hopes & misguided longings, Dawn Powell is a literary rediscovery of rare importance. The 2nd of two LOA volumes devoted to Powell, this opens w/ "My Home Is Far Away" (1944), a fictionalized memoir of Powell's difficult childhood. "The Locusts Have No King" (1948), The Wicked Pavilion (1954) & The Golden Spur (1962) are brilliant comedies that extend her dissection of the follies & longings of a sophisticated cast of characters. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "Wittier than Dorothy Parker, dissects the rich better than F. Scott Fitzgerald, is more plaintive than Willa Cather in her evocation of the heartland & has a more supple control of satirical voice than Evelyn Waugh, the writer to whom she's most often compared." - Lisa Zeidner, NYT * ABOUT THE EDTIOR: Tim Page (editor of this volume) is the author of "Dawn Powell: A Biography" & editor of "The Diaries of Dawn Powell" & "The Selected Letters of Dawn Powell". He won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1997, & is a culture critic at the Washington Post. * The LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an award-winning, nonprofit program dedicated to publishing America's best & most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as "the most important book-publishing project in the nation's history" (Newsweek), this acclaimed series is restoring America's literary heritage in "the finest-looking, longest-lasting edition ever made" (New Republic).
Published by Henry Holt and Co., 1999
ISBN 10: 0805053646ISBN 13: 9780805053647
Seller: GridFreed, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap.
Published by Steerforth, 1998
ISBN 10: 1883642167ISBN 13: 9781883642167
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: New.
Published by Henry Holt and Co., 1999
ISBN 10: 0805053646ISBN 13: 9780805053647
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by Tim Page on half title page. Hardcover and dust jacket. Shelf wear. Binding slightly cocked. Small markings on front end page, else unmarked. *Autographed by editor.*. Signed.
Published by Steerforth Press, Hanover, NH, 1995
ISBN 10: 1883642086ISBN 13: 9781883642082
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing trade hard cover with dust jacket, VG/VG copy. Tight, clean and unmarked copy. Dust jacket slightly rubbed, retains original price of $32.00 on front flap. Offered in new mylar cover. 513pp, index. Full of wit and candor, it is easy to see why Hemingway called Powell, "my favorite living writer." An engaging look at the New York literary scene in the middle of the last century. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Library of America, 2001
ISBN 10: 1931082022ISBN 13: 9781931082020
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 969 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.