PARADISE
by McMurtry, Larry
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0743215664
- ISBN 13
- 9780743215664
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. A memoir of Pulitzer Prize-winning McMurtry's travel, in 1999, to Tahiti and the South Sea Islands, a three-week reprieve from his everyday responsibilities involving his writing, his bookselling business, his son and his son's family, and his mother, who was dying and who had just him his father was her second husband. McMurtry paints a portrait of his parents' marriage and life in the harsh landscape of west Texas against the lush background of McMurtry's tour of a sun-filled sensulality and easy living. Trade Paperback,First Edition, first printing. About 5 1/4 x 8 inches, 159 pages in light card wrappers. Front cover features pastel by Gaugin, "Words of the Devil." Wrappers and text are clean, complete and unmarked. No underlining or highlighting, No tears or creases or other noticeable damage or flaws. Collectable The memoir provides McMurtry the opportunity to answer questions of what and where Paradise is and if it has any relation to his hometown of Archer City, Texas.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006115
- Title
- PARADISE
- Author
- McMurtry, Larry
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0743215664
- ISBN 13
- 9780743215664
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- memoir, biography, Texas, Tahiti, family, family relationships, family history
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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Fine
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- Wrappers
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