Passion and Affect
by Colwin, Laurie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670541370
- ISBN 13
- 9780670541379
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: The Viking Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1974. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0670541370 . Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over blue boards, silver and blue lettering on spine, silver medallion on cover, fore-edge deckle. Includes 14 short stories. This is Laurie Colwin's first book. "Colwin is ingenious, comedic and spirited."-- Maxine Kumin, Boston Globe. "Colwin has single-handedly revitalized the short story"-- Los Angeles Times. Laurie Colwin (1944-1992) is the author of five novels: Happy All the Time; Family Happiness; Goodbye Without Leaving; Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object; and A Big Storm Knocked It Over; three collections of short stories: Passion and Affect, Another Marvelous Thing, and The Lone Pilgrim; and two collections of essays: Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. Scarce. . Boards lightly sunned along top and bottom edges only, as is typical of this edition; otherwise the volume is in as new condition, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, is in perfect condition. NEAR FINE/FINE. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (viii), 179 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26208
- Title
- Passion and Affect
- Author
- Colwin, Laurie
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670541370
- ISBN 13
- 9780670541379
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- 0670541370, Literature;, Short Stories, First Edition
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