Tales I told my mother Tapa dura - 1970

New York. 1969. Hill & Wang. 1st American Edition. Bookplate, Otherwise Very Good in Dustjacket. 0809091062. 173 pages. hardcover. Jacket drawing - ‘How They Met Themselves’ by D. G. Rosetti. keywords: Literature England . FROM THE PUBLISHER - The author says that some of these stories began as dreams. Like dreams they are both subtle and crude; they take us along irresistibly and seem - however fantastic - incontrovertible. (And the fantastic in these stories, as in dreams, is not an occasional peak but the ground underfoot). A pleasure of these tales (and of dreaming) is delight in spontaneous ‘storying,' in an invention so free and fertile, a humor so boisterous, that there is never pause for thought. Some of the characters appear in only one story, others come and go. Among them are Currer, who can kill by pointing his finger; Captain Rufus Coate, who keeps his books on the shelves with their titles to the wall; Mr. Midshipman Simple, whose mission to convert the heathen… Leer más

New York. 1969. Hill & Wang. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Worn Dustjacket. 0809091062. 173 pages. hardcover. Jacket drawing - ‘How They Met Themselves’ by D. G. Rosetti. keywords: Literature England . FROM THE PUBLISHER - The author says that some of these stories began as dreams. Like dreams they are both subtle and crude; they take us along irresistibly and seem - however fantastic - incontrovertible. (And the fantastic in these stories, as in dreams, is not an occasional peak but the ground underfoot). A pleasure of these tales (and of dreaming) is delight in spontaneous ‘storying,' in an invention so free and fertile, a humor so boisterous, that there is never pause for thought. Some of the characters appear in only one story, others come and go. Among them are Currer, who can kill by pointing his finger; Captain Rufus Coate, who keeps his books on the shelves with their titles to the wall; Mr. Midshipman Simple, whose mission to convert the heathen Fuegians employs… Leer más

New York: HIll and Wang 1969 Hardcover. 0809091062 . First US edition. "The author says that some of these stories began as dreams. Like dreams, they are both subtle and crude; they take us along irresistibly and seem---however fantastic---incontrovertible". 173 pages collecting 9 stories. Good copy with staining top page edges, light wear, in worn and edge-torn Dust Wrapper with a partial sticker/ghost to the front flap with damp staining to its top edge bx140

Hill and Wang. Very Good. First American edition, Hardcover, near fine cond. in near fine dust jacket, in mylar, 1969

NY:: Hill and Wang,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. 0809091062 . First American printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. .

Hill and Wang, 1969 2021-01-30. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hill & Wang, New York, 1st American Ed., 1969, 8vo., 172pp.. Touch of rubbing to tail of spine, else Fine. DJ complete ($4.95) with some scuffing/chipping to head/tail edges. Well packaged, ships with tracking.

Hill and Wang, 1970. Hardcover. Good.