A Book of Reasons by Vernon, John - 1999-09-01

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Houghton Mifflin, 1999/09/01 00:00:00.000. Hardcover . Good. Vernon,John Book Of Reasons: A Memoir Has slight shelf wear to the dust jacket. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

Boston. 1999. September 1999. Houghton Mifflin. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0395944775. 272 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan. keywords: Literature America Autobiography. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘Every family has its odd character, the one member who never seems right with the world. In his pairing of family history with the history of civilization, John Vernon discovers the extraordinary sources of ordinary things in the life of his reclusive brother, Paul. When Paul died and John was charged with settling his affairs, he came face to face with a life he had never suspected. His brother's house in southern New Hampshire was in a state of squalid disrepair: piled high with a lifetime of trash, unheated and decrepit, pitifully unlivable. An assembly worker and an amateur inventor, Paul had managed to keep his sad and strange world hidden from his family and acquaintances. Why does a childhood full of promise turn wrong? Why do we clutter our lives with things? How do… Read More

Boston/ New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. 1st thus . Soft cover. Near Fine. Joseph Cornell cover. Advance reading copy". Trade paperback, pict. white covers. No names, clean text. By the author of La Salle. 24570 shelf

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1999. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 272 pp. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 272pp. Soiling edges, wear boards, DJ: wear extremities, rubbing.. 1st. Hb. VG-/VG-.

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New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. PB. Fine. small 8vo. Advance Reading Copy

NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author, Half Title Page. 1st Edition. Very Fine. Dust jacket is protected by removable Brodart cover. NEW COPY..