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The Bottom of the Harbor
by Mitchell, Joseph
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- Seller
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Alfred, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1961. Octavo, 243 pages. FIRST UK EDITION. The third book by the great New Yorker writer, a classic study of New York's waterfront and fish markets, with an emphasis on the bounty of the bottom of the harbor, oysters. Contains the story "Up in the Old Hotel" which later became the title of Mitchell's collected short works. A source for Mark Kurlansky's The Big Oyster. A personal favorite. near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket, but for a single small stain to the rear panel.
Synopsis
Joseph Mitchell came to New York from North Carolina the day after the 1929 stock market crash. After eight years as a reporter and feature writer at various newspapers, he joined the staff of The New Yorker, where he remained until his death in 1996 at the age of eighty-seven. His other books include McSorley's Wonderful Saloon, My Ears Are Bent, Up in the Old Hotel, Old Mr. Flood, and Joe Gould's Secret.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3593
- Title
- The Bottom of the Harbor
- Author
- Mitchell, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- food writing, new york, american, seafood, oysters, literature
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Alfred, Maine
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
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- New
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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