The Cherry pit

Vintage first printing early copy- The Cherry pit, Donald Harington - Vintage copy has since been republished several times dust jacket does have a bit of ruffling on its edges cloth boards gold titling spine, reddish pink wash top of book deckle Edge pages a smudge on the front from previous pricing balance of the Interior is clean. e First printing indicated- book design Tere Loprete - Clifford Stone--quixotic curator of arcane Americana at a Boston antiques foundation,cataloguer of our "Vanished American Past"--forsakes Boston, his icy wife to return to his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas, & life that is both instantly familiar yet disturbingly strange. Cliff's journey home begins as a recovery mission, evolves into a desperate search for, confrontation, immersion in,emergence from his lost past. A series of libidinous, murderous, hilarious, anxious adventures, Cliff renews old friendships--including one with a girl he thought he'd forgotten-- makes some new enemies.... The Cherry Pit is a flamboyant, lascivious, comic novel about restoration and renewal--, like all proper comic novels, a serious book..... The Cherry pit Donald Harington - Publisher -Random House - hardcover with dust jacket green boards deckle Edge pages, good - Well reviewed -- Published 6 /1965 - jacket design by Mike McIver, photo by Lewis R. Brown, Inc Brattleboro, VT. Printed in USA About 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 in. - First printing indicated- book design Tere Loprete - - Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- see pictures maybe this will do it! -At least you know what you're getting into- City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it in -Cherry pit HC 4302 old Blue 37