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Spartina
by Casey, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394500989
- ISBN 13
- 9780394500980
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. 3d Ptg. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. Sturdy book, cream cloth spine, blue boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, blue color inside covers and adjacent end papers with darker blue map of Rhode Island, 375 pages On title page in green ink signed "John Casey" just above printed name. DJ glossy with color-illustration of boat on front, dark gray spine, white back very lightly browned at edges, praise from Paul Theroux, Ann Beattie and George Garrett. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
Synopsis
John D. Casey is an American novelist and translator born in Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard. His novel, Spartina , was awarded the National Book Award in 1989. His story is focused on a man, Dick Pierce, who is obsessed with an unfinished boat called Spartina. His determination to find the funds in order to procure an engine leads him to take a wild risk where he finds himself weathering a storm at sea in order to keep his dream alive. One of Spatina’s driving themes is family tradition, as Pierce is a family man, kind and sensitive. He feels that his grandfather and father failed to maintain this fisherman lifestyle, and left him lacking in wealth and circumstance. An engaging, complex book, Casey spins an elegant story from the waters off the Narragansett Bay.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52340
- Title
- Spartina
- Author
- Casey, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3d Ptg.
- ISBN 10
- 0394500989
- ISBN 13
- 9780394500980
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Fiction Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autographed;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
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