The World is the Home of Love and Death: stories
by Brodkey, Harold
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt & Company, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line present. Includes stories such as The Bullies; Spring Fugue; What I Do for Money; Religion; Waking; Car Buying; Lila and S.L.; Jibber-Jabber in Little Rock; The World Is the Home of Love and Death; Dumbness Is Everything; A Guest in the Universe. 'I would like to do a tree census--find out how many trees I own, how many branches, how many twigs and leaves. And bugs. A quarter of a million leaves. A million leaves . . . I am a millionaire of rustling leaves . . . of grass blades. Of molecules of air . . . I own the air I breathe at this minute. Cubic yards of air, invisible stones of a luminous temple.'--from 'What I Do for Money.'[6], 4-312 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 356142
- Title
- The World is the Home of Love and Death: stories
- Author
- Brodkey, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- first edition literature short stories Harold Brodkey
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