New York, NY: Harcourt-Brace, 1944. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Harcourt-Brace, 1944. First edition. 8vo. Tan cloth with dark green lettering embossed on spine and front board, copyright page states: " A Wartime Book" and "Books are Weapons in the War of Ideas", green top edge on text block, 246 pp. A collection of short works by Katherine Anne Porter. All these stories are exquisitely done and intensely dramatic without strain. No one who admires clarity and precision in prose will want to miss this book. Some discoloring on cloth boards, pages tanned, and dust jacket is chipped along spine, clean, crisp text block. Good in a fair dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

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Bookseller: Respectful Exits (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: EM-B1188-12
Title: The Leaning Tower: And Other Stories
Author: Porter, Katherine Anne
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Harcourt-Brace
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1944
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: SHORT STORIES AMERICANA
Bookseller catalogs: Rare Americana;

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