NIAGARA by Watson, Richard - 1993: A Novel

Coffee House Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. NICE BOOK! MILD SHELF WEAR ON DUSTJACKET, NO MARKINGS. "Publishers Weekly: Watson's ( The Runner ) sparkling, delightful new novel--about a French tightrope walker and a widowed Nebraska schoolteacher who meet in Niagara Falls, N.Y., become lovers, perform daredevil stunts and go their separate ways--is a witty meditation on miscommunication between the sexes. French high-wire artist "The Great Gravelet" fancies himself an embodiment of perfection and a gallant ladies' man. Anna Taylor, cigar-smoking, obese, grittily independent and 15 years Gravelet's senior, becomes a prop in his act: he strings a cable across the Whirlpool Rapids next to Niagara Falls and pushes her across in a wheelbarrow on Independence Day 1901. Later Anna, determined to be known for something and unable to convince Gravelet to teach her the wire, becomes the first person to go over the Falls in a barrel and survive. The two accidentally meet again in… Read More

Coffee House Press, 2000-04-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, 2000. First edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed 'For Catherine, Love Red' and separately signed by author on title page. 1st edition, no number line (Coffeehouse Press does not identify printings). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 192 p. Audience: General/trade. Dust jacket has slight crimping to cap of spine. Book as new except for barely visible shelfwear to bottoms of boards. A novel by the author of 'Under Plowman's Floor' and 'The Runner'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

Coffee House Press, 2000-04-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. 8x6x0. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text unmarked. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. 8vo. 178pp.

Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Pr, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Gold-stamped navy cloth spine w/ slate blue bds. Small crunch bottom back cover. No names, clean text. 4200 shelf

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED by Watson. Under-1" tear in dj repaired.

New. The item is Brand New!

Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. REVIEW COPY, WITH PUBLISHER'S PUBLICITY LETTER. NEAR FINE WITH LIGHTLY BUMPED TOP CORNER OF FRONT BOARDS IN FINE DJ.

Coffee House Press, 2000-04-01. Hardcover. Like New.

Coffee House Press, 2000-04-01. Hardcover. New.