Author: BETTS, DORIS
Title: The Astronomer and Other Stories
Description: New York: Harper & Row, 1965. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some very beginning fading to the black cloth on the edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. This book contains a series of short works, Including: The Spies in the Herb House, The Mandarin, Clarissa and the Depths, The Dead Mule, The Proud and Virtuous, All that Glisters Isn't Gold, Careful, Sharp Eggs Underfoot, and, The Astronomer. "These stories encompass the elemental passions of love and sex, forgiveness, vanity, and despair. They explore the frustrations of environment and ignorance, the illusions of youth, and the disenchantment of age." Doris betts is a well-respected Southern author and Professor Emerita at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .
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Title: The Astronomer and Other Stories
Description: New York: Harper & Row, 1965. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some very beginning fading to the black cloth on the edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. This book contains a series of short works, Including: The Spies in the Herb House, The Mandarin, Clarissa and the Depths, The Dead Mule, The Proud and Virtuous, All that Glisters Isn't Gold, Careful, Sharp Eggs Underfoot, and, The Astronomer. "These stories encompass the elemental passions of love and sex, forgiveness, vanity, and despair. They explore the frustrations of environment and ignorance, the illusions of youth, and the disenchantment of age." Doris betts is a well-respected Southern author and Professor Emerita at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: Modern Fiction First Editions Doris Betts Short Fiction Short Stories North Carolina collections Short Story collections North Carolina Modern Fiction Firsts
Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 32454
- Book number: 32454
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