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CELESTIAL NAVIGATION
by Tyler, Anne
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 039449038X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394490380
- Seller
-
Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Knopf, 1974. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Tyler on the front free endpage. "For Burt Britton, with best wishes, Anne Tyler." Cloth spine ends gently pushed and touch of shelfwear; dustjacket with faint dampstain on bottom edge of rear panel (not immediately apparent on the outside and more obvious on the interior bottom edge). Tight, bright copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dusthjacket with an archival cover. Burt Britton, a longtime NYC bookman and co-owner of Books and Company, published "Self Portraits. Book People Picture Themselves," a collection of impromptu sketches by a who's who of modern writers. Inscribed association copies of Tyler's books are not commonly available. Tyler's fifth novel.. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
Synopsis
Anne Tyler is the bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Breathing Lessons , and many other acclaimed works of fiction. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post , and Harper's . She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her husband and two children.
Reviews
On Oct 4 2009, Suomalainen said:
I was very disappointed with the ending. I couldn't believe Mary's reaction. Yet on the other hand, it exemplified just how little we know about the people in our lives. For Jeremy to leave the safety of his home and travel first by walking, then by waiting with others at a bus stop, then riding on the bus to a place he's never been before, and finally finding his way to Mary and the children should have had Mary doing cartwheels of happiness. To see how Mary reacted made me look at how I react to those I love, and it was that insight that made the book very much worth reading. I'm also a teacher, and Jeremy resembles my autistic students who exhibit many of the same behaviors. I was hoping that even though Jeremy and Mary did not get back together (were they ever together?), that he and the children would have remained in touch. It's always the children who suffer because the "grown" people can't be more accepting of one another.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31325
- Title
- CELESTIAL NAVIGATION
- Author
- Tyler, Anne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 039449038X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394490380
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Burt Britton
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Fernandina Beach, Florida
About Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
Revere Books has offered collector-condition first editions primarily of 20th century American and British fiction and poetry since 1991. Signed copies are a specialty. Member, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) & the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
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