The Fool’s Progress, An Honest Novel.
de Abbey, Edward
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- First
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Dade City, Florida, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First Edition, stated. Octavo, navy blue cloth & gold boards (hardcover), 485 pp. Very Good+ in a Fine, mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: The Fool’s Progress is the story of Henry Holyoak Lightcap’s uncertain advance through life, recounted during a 3,500 mile journey from the acrid wasteland of Tucson, Arizona, to the “green, fuzzy, mist-infested hills” of a fictional Stump Creek, West Virginia. The journey -- Henry is accompanied by his dying dog, Solstice -- takes place in April 1980; the life journey begins over a half a century earlier, with the “mishap of birth” continuing as a series of adventurous episodes, amorous and otherwise, ranging from West Virginia to Europe to western America and back. Icaresque in form, personal in style, unique in point of view, The Fool’s Progress can best and only be summarized, in the author’s words, as “an Edward Abbey kind of novel.” Nobody else could have written such a book. “A kind of outrageous comedy is central to the thematic body of Abbey’s work -- a freewheeling wililngness to be brash, satiric, excessive. His is a kind of gallows humor poised against the mechanized diminishment of the human spirit.”
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- Librería
- Lighthousebooks, ABAA
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 51259bd
- Título
- The Fool’s Progress, An Honest Novel.
- Autor
- Abbey, Edward
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First Edition, stated.
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1988
- Palabras clave
- Literature, Fiction, Southern Americana, American West, Americana.
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Lighthousebooks, ABAA
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Sobre el vendedor
Lighthousebooks, ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Dade City, Florida
Sobre Lighthousebooks, ABAA
Lighthouse Books, ABAA is a family-owned and operated book shop located in downtown Dade City, Florida, celebrating more than 40 years of business. We're open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Our specialties include Florida history and literature, Americana, literature of the South, military history (including, but not limited to, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Vietnam, Korean War), children's literature, antique maps, leather bindings and rare & unusual items. We have a wide variety of general stock, including a large landscape/gardening section, a great selection of Christian/church history/Bible study titles, Beat literature, fishing, aviation, maritime, Asian history, African history, European history, South Pacific, British history, archaeology, psychology, philosophy, Latin American and Caribbean history, Canadian history, discovery & exploration, art, antiques & collectibles' reference, pop-up books, railroads, hunting, fire arms, etc. About 25 per cent of our total stock is listed in our online inventory. If ever you're in the area, we invite you to come in and browse; to show our appreciation, we'll offer a 15 per cent discount off any purchases made on your first visit. The proprietor, Michael F. Slicker, is one of about 450 qualified members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, Inc., and its affiliate the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He was also the founding president of the the Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association and is still an active member and committee chairman. In addition to keeping regular hours at the storefront location, Lighthouse Books participate as a vender in about a dozen book fairs, antiques shows, map fairs and related events each year. One such show is The Florida Antiquarian Book Fair, an annual trade show/charity benefit held in downtown St. Petersburg in the spring, that has become the oldest and largest antiquarian book fair in the Southeast; Slicker has served as Chair since its inception thirty years ago. Please contact us for more information regarding our certified appraisal services. Please visit our website: www.OldFloridaBookStore.com. Bibliophiles might also enjoy our blog, featuring articles on unusual books, author biographies, and other book related subjects:.OldFloridaBookStore.blospot.com.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Good+
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- Octavo
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