![Still Life With Insects; I Know Many Songs But I Cannot Sing](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/558/610/1591610558.0.m.jpg)
Still Life With Insects; I Know Many Songs But I Cannot Sing
by Kiteley, Brian [Annie Dillard, Lucia Berlin]
- Used
- Near Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 155597189X
- ISBN 13
- 9781555971892
- Seller
-
La Grande, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Graywolf Press; Simon & Schuster, 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Association copy (copies): A pair of gem-like novels by Brian Kiteley, one inscribed to Lucia Berlin, the other to Annie Dillard. Those are Still Life with Insects (Graywolf, a paperback original, 1989), and I Know Many Songs, But I Cannot Sing (hardcover, Simon & Schuster, 2002). Kiteley is described as "a master of the short form novel." He has received a Whiting Award, an NEA grant, and a Guggenheim. Insects (whose narrator is an entomologist) is near fine with a little fading to spine and dust soiling in spots on the lower face of the text block; I Know is fine in a fine jacket. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Rural Hours
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1680233544999
- Title
- Still Life With Insects; I Know Many Songs But I Cannot Sing
- Author
- Kiteley, Brian [Annie Dillard, Lucia Berlin]
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 155597189X
- ISBN 13
- 9781555971892
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press; Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- St Paul, Minnesota, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1989
Terms of Sale
Rural Hours
We offer a 30 day return guarantee, with a full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. If you change your mind about an item, you may return it within 30 days after delivery in its original condition for a full refund less shipping costs.
About the Seller
Rural Hours
Biblio member since 2023
La Grande, Oregon
About Rural Hours
Rural Hours (formerly Wood + River = Books, est. 2019) specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, environmental literature, and contemporary essay, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. We draw our name from the popular-but-then-forgotten book by Susan Fenimore Cooper (published in 1850), generally considered the first work of environmental creative nonfiction by a woman in the U.S. We are interested in challenging and expanding the canon of environmental literature and finding books that tell remarkable stories and illuminate the tradition of writing about place and natural history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...