Author: Barrett, Andrea
Title: Ship Fever and Other Stories
Description: New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, (1996). (1996). New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, (1996). (1996). Fine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Octavo, white boards backed with a white cloth spine, titled in gilt on the spine, in a color pictorial white dust wrapper with the silver seal of the "National Book Award Finalist" on the front panel. 254 & [1] pages. Near fine.

First edition, signed by the author Andrea Barrett on the title page.

A collection of short stories & novellas by Andrea Barrett, including "The Behavior of the Hawkweeds", "The English Pupil", "The Littoral Zone", "Rare Bird", "Soroche", "Birds With No Feet", "The Marburg Sisters", and "Ship Fever". The title story is that of a young Canadian doctor who serves at a quarantine station for Irish immigrants fleeing the great famine. Fine .

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVELLA; SHORT STORIES; FIRST EDITION; SHIP FEVER; ANDREA BARRETT; THE BEHAVIOR OF THE HAWKWEEDS; THE ENGLISH PUPIL; 1ST EDITION; MODERN; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; TWENTIETH CENTURY; LITTORAL ZONE; RARE BIRD; SOROCHE; BIRDS WITH NO FEET; MAR

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