Live Water by McGuane, Thomas

Meadow Run Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. No slipcase. Boards slightly bowed, betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages without any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Stone Harbor, NJ: Meadow Run Press, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo, 133 pages, green cloth with illustrated label on top cover, visible through the cut-out of the publisher's slipcase (fine), with publisher's mylar dust jacket. This printing of 1500 copies preceded the Deluxe edition. This copy is signed by McGuane on the title-page. These collected pieces have been revised from their prior periodical appearances. One chapter explains the enduring appeal of Izaak Walton's THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. "Today's faithless reader is somewhat baffled by the long life of this unreliable fishing manual until he realizes that The Compeat Angler is not about how to fish but about how to be." Illustrated by John Swan.

Meadow Run Press .Slipcased. Signed copy of McGuane's short stories on fishing and life. One of 1500 copies. Not numbered.

Stone Harbor: Meadow Run Press, 1996. First edition, first prnt. Limited to 1500 unnumbered and unsigned copies. (This edition was followed by a deluxe limited edition.) Illustrated by John Swan. Acetate dustwrapper. Die-cut slipcase. Publisher's postcard laid-in as issued. In the publisher's shrinkwrap (which has been opened). This copy specially signed by McGuane on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustwrapper and slipcase. Hardcovers. Illus. by John Swan. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. McGuane's third non-fiction book.