Mr. Palomar

E-260: Harcourt. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York. 1983. 130 pgs. Illustrated with Color Plates. First Printing/First Edition. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in 1/2 red cloth and matching paper covered boards with titles present to the spine. No ownership marks present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. In The New York Times Book Review, the poet Seamus Heaney praised Mr. Palomar as a series of “beautiful, nimble, solitary feats of imagination. ” Throughout these twenty-seven intricately structured chapters, the musings of the crusty Mr. Palomar consistently render the world sublime and ridiculous. Like the telescope for which he is named, Mr. Palomar is a natural observer. “It is only after you have come to know the surface of things, ” he believes, “that you can venture to seek what is underneath. ” Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, or a topless sunbather, he tends to let his meditations stray from the present moment to the great beyond. And though he may fail as an objective spectator, he is the best of company. EB; 0.75 x 8.75 x 6 Inches; 130 pages .