Search Results: May Sarton Books from Town Books of San Anselmo

This is a SIGNED COPY of poems by feminist and LGBTQ writer, May Sarton. Book is in fine condition. No flaws. Singed on the FFEP. Dust jacket is price clipped with a few bumps to edges, otherwise in excellent condtion.
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As We Are Now tells the story of Caroline Spencer, mentally strong but physically frail, who has been moved by relatives into a "home." Subjected to subtle humiliations and petty cruelties...she fights back with all she has, and in a powerful climax wins a terrible victory." --- Goodreads
Both books are in fine codition. No flaws. Dust Jackets have very slight soiling, otherwise fine. both are in mylar covers.
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This review copy of May Sarton's second book has a date that precedes the 1946 copyright date. The plot follows the lives of a Belgium family (Sarton was born in Belgium) as they recover from the first World War, through the interwar years, up to 1939 as Nazi Germany comes to power.
Binding has slight fading and some soiling, otherwise clean. No internal markings. Hinge is tight. Dust jacket has fraying and chips to spine ends and some moderate bumping and chips to edges. Not price clipped. Overall in very good condition.
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Both bindings are in pristine condition. Dust Jacket for Faithful are the Wounds has chipping and small tears to edges and spine ends. Small piece missing on bottom edge of front cover. Dust Jacket for A Grain of Mustard Seed is in Very Good condition with some wear and bumps to edges and some soiling to boards. Faithful are the Wounds is in a mylar cover. No internal markings in either book.
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A lovely First Edition of May Sarton's poetry. Book has no observable flaws. Fine condition. Dust jacket has very mild bumping to corners.
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This two book set is comprised of May Sarton's short novel, Joanna & Ulysses and a volume of her poetry, Halfway to Silence. The novel follows the adventures and travel of a young Greek woman from Athens who goes to the island paradise of Mykonos to paint and find her true self . Upon arrival, she adopts a donkey who has been badly mistreated, nurses it back to health and becomes her companion on the island. Her poetry volume is a collection of lyric poems touching on many subjects. Joanna and Ulysses have lovely line drawing illustrations throughout.
Books are both in fine condition. The Dust Jacket for Joanna and Ulysses is price clipped, has a pen name in the FFEP and has some soiling and chips and bumps to edges. Pencil price and 1st Ed. designation on FFEP. The dust jacket to Halfway to Silence is in near pristine condition with pencil date and early price on FFEP. Not price clipped. Both are in mylar covers.
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Miss Pickthorn & Hare is a short novel about small village life, solitude, independence, and acceptance. Neighbors must learn to get along with each other and find common interests and friendhsip with one another.
Bindings are in pristine condition with only minor soiling. Dust Jacket for Miss Pickthorn & Mr. Hare has bumps and minor chipping to edges and spine ends. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket to Cloud, Stone, Sun, Vine is in Fine condtion, but price clipped. Both are protected in Mylar covers.
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Two books by novelist and poet May Sarton. Both are first editions. Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing "explores a woman's struggle to reconcile the claims of life and art, to transmute passion and pain into poetry" while being interviewed by two young reporters searching for the muse that inspires the author. ---Goodreads
The novel is in Fine condition with no flaws. Jacket is price clipped and slightly soiled. Land of Silence has some fading to top cover edge and a pen name on the FFEP. Pages have browned with age. The Jacket is price clipped. Both are in mylar covers.
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A young boy, born in France, returns to America with his mother after his father's death. When his mother dies 12 years later, he returns to France and looks to make something of his life and find the love he feels he deserves.
Boards are rubbed and mildly soiled. Corners are bumped and there is a crease on the spine. Dust jacket has some small pieces missing at corners and spine foot. Chipping and creasing aliong edges. Prices have benn crossed out on inner flap. No internal markings. Hinge is tight.
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This signed copy is in Near Fine condition with just a bit of soiling and bumping to corners. Dust jacket has small chips and bumps to edges and spine ends. Price clipped. Inscibed by the author on FFEP and signed on the title page.
"Anxiously embarking on her first teaching job, Lucy Winter arrives at a New England women's college and shortly finds herself in the thick of a crisis: she had discovered a dishonest act committed by a brilliant student who is a protégée of a powerful faculty member." ---GoodReads
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