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High Tide in Tucson - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Kingsolver, Barbara
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060172916
- ISBN 13
- 9780060172916
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060172916 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition with some discoloration and a small dent at bottom of front board. In Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Barbara Kingsolver directly on the title page; In Barbara Kingsolver's beautiful and powerful High Tide in Tucson, a small town on the California coast is rocked by the discovery of a dead woman on the beach. The woman's death is a mystery, but the townspeople are determined to find out what happened. As they investigate, they discover that the woman's life was a tragic one.; 8vo; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
"There is no one quite like Barbara Kingsolver in contemporary literature," raves the Washington Post Book World, and it is right. She has been nominated three times for the ABBY award, and her critically acclaimed writings consistently enjoy spectacular commercial success as they entertain and touch her legions of loyal fans. In High Tide in Tucson, she returnsto her familiar themes of family, community, the common good and the natural world. The title essay considers Buster, a hermit crab that accidentally stows away on Kingsolver's return trip from the Bahamas to her desert home, and turns out to have manic-depressive tendencies. Buster is running around for all he's worth -- one can only presume it's high tide in Tucson. Kingsolver brings a moral vision and refreshing sense of humor to subjects ranging from modern motherhood to the history of private property to the suspended citizenship of human beings in the Animal Kingdom. Beautifully packaged, with original illustrations by well-known illustrator Paul Mirocha, these wise lessons on the urgent business of being alive make it a perfect gift for Kingsolver's many fans.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17220
- Title
- High Tide in Tucson - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Kingsolver, Barbara
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060172916
- ISBN 13
- 9780060172916
- Publisher
- HarperCollinsPublishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Strang
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