The Passions of Uxport by Kumin, Maxine - 1968

New York: Harper & Row. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 399 pages; Jacket with light rubbing and edgewear. .

Harper & Row, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. In Mylar. Out of print. Binding is cloth.

New York: Harper and Row, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; salmon top-stain; 399pp. Square and tight with some faint surface abrasions to front board; top-stain faded near gutter; Very Good+. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.95 on front flap), Near Fine. Kumin's second novel.

New York: Harper & Row, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Light wear at the corners, slightly sunned topstain, near fine in a very good dust jacket with short creased tears, and interior tape repairs.

Harper & Row, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Brodart jacket cover.

New York: Harper and Row, 1968. First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original red cloth over boards lettered in black on the spine, in the original dust jacket. 399 pp. A fine copy in dust jacket with a 2 inch piece missing from the top its spine. “It is ample token of Maxine Kumin’s talents as poet and novelist that this compelling novel never departs from the substance of real life. She invests with new insight the homely details of a New England suburb and the crises that punctuate life with familiarity and the saving grace of humor. The broad canvas of The Passions of Uxport offers the reader richness of character, scene and perception, and the wry wisdom of a woman of experience.”-Publisher

New York: Harper and Row, 1968. First Edition. WARMLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MAXINE KUMIN. 8vo, original red cloth over boards lettered in black on the spine, in the original dust jacket. 399 pp. A nice bright copy with just some slight mellowing to the covers and in the original dustjacket with a touch of edge wear to the spine tips and folds. “It is ample token of Maxine Kumin’s talents as poet and novelist that this compelling novel never departs from the substance of real life. She invests with new insight the homely details of a New England suburb and the crises that punctuate life with familiarity and the saving grace of humor. The broad canvas of The Passions of Uxport offers the reader richness of character, scene and perception, and the wry wisdom of a woman of experience.”-Publisher This copy is inscribed by Kumin to Professor Michael Fixner and his wife. Fixner and Kumin both worked in the English department at Tufts University.