A Spirit Rises de TOWNSEND WARNER, Sylvia; BARKER, Carol (DJ illustrator) - 1962

New York: The Viking Press, Inc, 1962. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/G; sunned beige spine with black and off-white text; dust jacket exterior shows slight handling wear; minor wear to edges; cloth exterior only faintly sunned; good, solid binding; text block head edge colored red; other exterior edges lightly toned; previous owner's notation to ffep; interior pages good; pp 210. 1366483. FP New Rockville Stock.

Faber and Faber, 2011. Paperback. New. 210 pages. 8.43x5.28x0.71 inches.

Ex-library book in --average-- condition with moderate use. Includes library stickers, stamps, markings and writing. DJ in clear Mylar cover with some stickers. The overall appearance of the cover and pages are consistant with the copyright date. This image is the actual book. Tanning of cover and pages. The original U.S. blurb says it well, '...But some readers consider her short stories the best vehicle for her impeccable craftsmanship, her peerless ability to sketch in a few deft lines a man or woman in a brief moment of destiny - tragic, comic, absurd or moving. These fourteen new stories are once again evidence of her wit and irony, her grace and poise.' A Spirit Rises comprises fourteen Youth and the Lady; The Locum Tenens; The Fifth of November; A Question of Disposal; Barnby Robinson; In a Shaken House; The Old Nun; Randolph; On Living for Others; A Dressmaker; A Spirit Rises; The Snow Guest; During a Winter Night; A Work of Art. Many of the stories first appeared in The New Yorker which makes… Leer más

New York: Viking Press, 1962. 8vo size pink and gray striped hardcover; 210 pages with pink topstain. Author's photo on back cover of jacket. Contents include: Youth and the Lady The Locum Tenens The Fifth of November A Question of Disposal Barnby Robinson In a Shaken House The Old Nun Randolph On Living for Others A Dressmaker A Spirit Rises The Snow Guest During a Winter Night A Work of Art Jacket has sunned spine, tear to top of spine; foxing to jacket and inside covers and endpapers. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Viking Books, 1962. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: The Viking Press, 1962. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 210 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$3.75" price present. Pink cloth over striped boards with pink topstain. A few short closed tears to dust jacket with general foxing. Boards show very light shelfwear and binding is sound. Touch of spotting to endpapers, but otherwise interior unmarked.

Paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Chatto and Windus. 1962 1st edition.. 7.5 x 5.0 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Fly leaves marked from remains of old sticky tape. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges and endpapers. Small marks to endpapers with remains of old label to back free endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 210 pp. Jacket design by Carol Barker. A collection of short stories.

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

1962. The Viking Press, New York. First Edition Thus. Hardback. DW. Loosely inserted is a handwritten postcard from the author "It seems a trifle pushing dearest Marian, to send on a copy of one of my books; ... never done it before... love and best wishes for Christmas Sylvia" and also loosely inserted is a photograph of Sylvia's riverside house with a signed inscription to the reverse "With love and best wishes from my plain-headed watery house. Sylvia". The spine and board extremities are a little dulled. The endpapers are a little browned o/w the contents are extremely clean and fresh. The wrapper is sunned and creased to spine, a little worn and rubbed at extremities and has small close tear to outer margin of rear cover.