Winter Count.
by Lopez, Barry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Langley, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Scribner's,, 1981.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light sunning to the spine. In this collection of ten short stories, nature writer Barry Lopez recounts evocative tales of man and the natural world where an explorer goes mad when faced with the disappearance of a river; blue herons descend upon Manhattan; a lonely desert hermit clears a path for a secret celestial wind, a ghostly herd of buffalo sings a song of death,. . . . a mystic raises constellations of stones from the desert floor. These are stories made of magic that celebrate the web nature holds on us.
Synopsis
Barry Lopez is the author of six works of nonfiction and eight works of fiction. His writing appears regularly in Harper's , The Paris Review, DoubleTake, and The Georgia Review . He is the recipient of a National Book Award, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and other honors. He lives in western Oregon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gregor Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28462
- Title
- Winter Count.
- Author
- Lopez, Barry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing of the First US Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Scribner's,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1981.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature
Terms of Sale
Gregor Rare Books
All items are first US or UK printings unless otherwise noted. Signatures are guaranteed authentic. Items are subject to prior sale and returnable within 7 days of receipt if not as described. We accept all major credit cards and personal checks. Postage is extra. We ship Priority insured mail: $8.00 for the first item and $4.00 for each additional. International shipping will be billed at cost. Washington State residents will be charged 8.4% sales tax.
About the Seller
Gregor Rare Books
Biblio member since 2007
Langley, Washington
About Gregor Rare Books
Gregor Rare Books is an open shop in the beautiful waterfront village of Langley, WA on Whidbey Island. We offer a fine selection of Distinctive Literature in the First Edition. Our shop hours are Wednesday through Sunday 10 am to 5 pm pst.
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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