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The Stones of Summer
by Dow Mossman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0760748845
- ISBN 13
- 9780760748848
- Seller
-
Walcott, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Barnes & Noble. New York. 2003. Near fine reprint of the 1972 novel with number line ending in 1 on copyright page. Inscribed by author in year of publication (2003) on title page. Canvas-colored boards with blue lettering to spine shows some wear on lettering to spine. Near fine unclipped ($19.95) jacket shows minor shelf wear and 0.25 in. white spot on upper right of spine. Written and published by Bobbs-Merill in 1972, the novel soon went out of print for thirty years; in part due to Bobbs-Merill filing for bankruptcy & thus lack of marketing and in part the author was hospitalized following completion of the novel. Following a 2002 documentary (Stone Reader) about the book by Mark Moskowitz the book resurfaced to resurgance in popularity and was re-published by Barnes & Noble. The novel chronicles the life and times of a young boy (Dawes Oldham Williams... D.O.W.) through three decades of life in the midwest and behyond. Promotional brochure included. 9.25x6.5 in. 586 pg.
Synopsis
The Stones of Summer is a novel by American writer Dow Mossman. Both the novel and Mossman are also subjects of Mark Moskowitz's Slamdance award-winning film, Stone Reader. The Stones of Summer, first printed in 1972, quickly went out of print after its publisher Bobbs Merrill filed for bankruptcy. Because of this (and, it is speculated, a subsequent lack of marketing), this "marvelous book" (reviewer John Seelye in The New York Times Book Review), saw little return.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lamplighter Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 243
- Title
- The Stones of Summer
- Author
- Dow Mossman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0760748845
- ISBN 13
- 9780760748848
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 586
- Size
- octavo
- Keywords
- Lost book, Iowa, childhood
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Walcott, Iowa
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