Some Instructions Tapa dura - 1978

New York: Knopf, 1978. Gebunden protecting cover damaged

Random House Children's Books, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf - A Borzoi Book, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Book is clean with a square, tight binding and bright, white pages. Book has minor wear on the edges that is difficult to see in the scans. Dust jacket also has wear to edges including small tear on top back cover. The brilliant author of Log of the S.s. The Mrs Unguentine, Travel Notes, and Gascoyne now gives us a modern patriarchal dream of marriage in the form of a Book of Instructions written by an eerily fastidious man to his wife concerning the conduct of "that which will always survive, the Marriage which is ours," detailing the way he wants to be treated, wants the household to be run, the children brought up, the way he wants them all to be. The man who speaks is an obsessive horticulturist (author of "Garlic Questions Finally An-swered"), and his "homely" book to his wife and children-full of fascinating, disquieting, and hilarious (epigrammatic) instructions and parables covers subjects ranging from his wife's… Leer más

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394428358 . An attractive first edition/first printing in about Fine condition with little sunning to top edge in alike, slightly spine tanned dust-jacket, unread. Also includes proof dust-jacket with blank flaps. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number on front paste down; This book is an instruction manual for married couples and children. It covers topics such as housekeeping, marriage, and child rearing.; 8vo .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.