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THROUGH THE FIELDS OF CLOVER
by De Vries, Peter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near fine
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Inscribed by Peter De Vries to Emmy Award-winning screenwriter David Lloyd on the front flyleaf. When the family gathers to celebrate a New England couple's fortieth wedding anniversary, the formidable and witty offspring nearly break up the marriage itself in this wicked satire of the family neurosis. A writer and editor known for his sharp wit, De Vries (1910-93) joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine at the insistence of James Thurber and worked there from 1944 to 1987, writing stories and touching up cartoon captions. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with light blue titles. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some mild toning along the spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75164
- Title
- THROUGH THE FIELDS OF CLOVER
- Author
- De Vries, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Literature, Humor, Satire, The New Yorker
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
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- Spine
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Inscribed
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
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