ON A DARKLING PLAIN
Rare and modern books
Stegner
Harcourt, Brace and Co,
1940
ON A DARKLING PLAIN
Rare and modern books
Stegner
Harcourt, Brace and Co,
1940
2915.00 €
(Newburyport,
United States of America)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1940
- Place of printing
- New York
- Author
- Stegner
- Publishers
- Harcourt, Brace and Co
- Edition
- First edition, second printing issued with immediacy after the
- Languages
- English
- First edition
- True
Description
First edition, second printing issued with immediacy after the first, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Stegner to a familiar friend as "Wally". 8vo, publisher’s original blue boards, the spine lettered in silver, in the original dustjacket. 230 pp. A handsome and quite pleasing copy with minor tip wear to the spine, and a bit of light wear or chipping to the edges of the jacket.
Edizione: a nice copy of this inscribed and signed stegner title. this was the author's third novel and is a story of a man grown old in war and his quest for peace with himself and the world. it is the story of a rejuvenation of mind and spirit and a drama of deep human emotion.
