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High Tide In Tucson Essays from Now or Never
by Kingsolver, Barbara
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060172916
- ISBN 13
- 9780060172916
- Seller
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Modesto, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Harper Collins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0060172916 . Cover Art; Signed edition. This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. Laid in is a postcard featuring the dust jacket art. "In these twenty-five newly conceived essays, she returns once again to her favored literary terrain to explore the themes of family, community, and the natural world." ; 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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Details
- Bookseller
- S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A45981
- Title
- High Tide In Tucson Essays from Now or Never
- Author
- Kingsolver, Barbara
- Illustrator
- Marc Burckhardt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060172916
- ISBN 13
- 9780060172916
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 0060172916, Modern Fiction First Edition, Barbara Kingsolver, Essays, Signed Editions, New Mexico, arizona, Western Americana, Marc Burckhardt
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About the Seller
S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
Biblio member since 2003
Modesto, California
About S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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