The Lime Twig
by Hawkes, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New Directions, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Signed by Author(s). Blue cloth spine over green cloth boards, housed in blue paper-covered slipcase with paper label. Limited edition, #72, signed by Hawkes at colophon. Fine condition in VG slipcase with some fading to panels.
Synopsis
John Hawkes is the author of sixteen books of fiction, including bi>Sweet William, Adventures in the Alaskan Skin Trade, and The Blood Oranges (all available from Penguin). He is Professor of English Emeritus at Brown University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Robert Coover is widely regarded as one of America's most influential living writers, author of some fifteen groundbreaking books of fiction, including Pricksongs & Descants, The Public Burning, and most recently Ghost Town . Coover has for the past decade been teaching experimental courses in hypertext and multimedia narrative at Brown University. His 1992 essay on hypertext in the New York Times Book Review , "The End of Books," galvanized electronic literature fans around the world.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002443
- Title
- The Lime Twig
- Author
- Hawkes, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Date Published
- 1961
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fine press
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