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The Fireman's Wife and Other Stories
by Richard Bausch
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 067166137X
- ISBN 13
- 9780671661373
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Linden Press / Simon and Schuster, 1990 Linden Press / Simon and Schuster, New York. 1990. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bumping to head and tail; scant shelfwear to tips. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($19.95); light edge bumping; light rubbing to panels. Beige paper over boards with white cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 219 pp 8vo. This is the author's second collection of short fiction. The epigraph for this collection of ten stories is a brief quotation from Keats--"Happy love, more happy, happy love." Bausch does indeed portray the joys of marriage and family life, but he also reveals the pain lurking just below the surface. In "Wedlock" the levity of a honeymoon night suddenly turns mean. In "Equity" three adult daughters must cope with a senile mother who previously supported them through divorces, nervous breakdowns, and other crises. Most of the stories have contemporary urban settings, but "Old West" is a retelling of the Shane story that takes away all of the legendary gunfighter's heroism. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015450
- Title
- The Fireman's Wife and Other Stories
- Author
- Richard Bausch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 067166137X
- ISBN 13
- 9780671661373
- Publisher
- Linden Press / Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- short stories, humanism, love, romance, Firemen, wives, marriages, fiction, common experience.
Terms of Sale
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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