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The Sound of Mountain Water
by Stegner, Wallace
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [7], 9-286, [2] pp. Quarter dark green cloth over light green cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $5.95 printed on front flap of dust jacket. Second issue (with credits on the tipped in copyright page, as per Colberg). A Near Fine book with minor hints of foxing to the top edges of the boards in a Near Fine dust jacket with a few hints of edge wear.
Synopsis
The essays, memoirs, letters, and speeches in this volume were written over a period of twenty-five years, a time in which the West witnessed rapid changes to its cultural and natural heritage, and Wallace Stegner emerged as an important conservationist and novelist. This collection is divided into two sections: the first features eloquent sketches of the West's history and environment, directing our imagination to the sublime beauty of such places as San Juan and Glen Canyon; the concluding section examines the state of Western literature, of the mythical past versus the diminished present, and analyzes the difficulties facing any contemporary Western writer. The Sound of Mountain Water is both a hymn to the Western landscape, an affirmation of the hope embodied therein, and a careful investigation of the West's cultural and natural legacy.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00006703
- Title
- The Sound of Mountain Water
- Author
- Stegner, Wallace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1969
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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