Snow Falling On Cedars

Guterson, David: SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS, New York Harcout Brace 1994
ISBN: 0151001006 Very Good +++

FICTION: FIRST NOVEL: This is the true first edition of SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS. The name of the man accused of cold-blooded murder on the Dust Jacket flap and in the text is Miyomoto. In later printings of the book the name was changed to Miyamoto. There is a typo in the 11th paragraph on page 113 -- Miyomotogo, as one word. In the aftermath of World War II, a Japanese-American fisherman stands trial -- charged with coldblooded murder. // Grey boards with white fabric spine. Small dog ear on page 63. Previous owner has circled the word "beadle" on page 21. Small bumping at spine ends. Indentation on spine. / Dust jacket has tiny wear at spine ends and corners. In protective mylar cover. First Edition Near Fine Hard Cover

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Guterson, David. SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS. New York City, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1994.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 345 pages. As New in As New Dust Jacket. The author's breakthrough debut novel. The most spectacular American literary debut of 1994. Published to enormous critical and popular acclaim. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. "This is the kind of book where you can smell and hear and see the fictional world the writer has created, so palpably does the atmosphere come through. Set on an island in the straits north of Puget Sound, in Washington, where everyone is either a fisherman or a berry farmer, the story is nominally about a murder trial. But since it is set in the 1950's, lingering memories of the Second World War, internment camps, and racism help fuel suspicion of a Japanese-American fisherman, a lifelong resident of the islands. It's a great story, but the primary pleasure of the book is Guterson's rendering of the people and the place" (Publishers Weekly) . The basis of a fine film by Scott Hicks, with Ethan Hawke. Remains Guterson's finest achievement thus far, this is a "must-have" title for David Guterson collectors. <b><i> This copy is prominently and beautifully signed in blue pen on the title page by David Guterson. This title remains available in multiple subsequent printings. This is one of relatively few signed copies of the true First Edition still available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A very scarce signed copy thus. </b></i> Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1994 for "Snow Falling On Cedars". One of the finest living American writers. A flawless collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAVID GUTERSON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0151001006. Signed by Author.

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Guterson, David. SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS. New York City, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1994.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 345 pages. As New in As New Dust Jacket. The author's breakthrough debut novel. The most spectacular American literary debut of 1994. Published to enormous critical and popular acclaim. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. "This is the kind of book where you can smell and hear and see the fictional world the writer has created, so palpably does the atmosphere come through. Set on an island in the straits north of Puget Sound, in Washington, where everyone is either a fisherman or a berry farmer, the story is nominally about a murder trial. But since it is set in the 1950's, lingering memories of the Second World War, internment camps, and racism help fuel suspicion of a Japanese-American fisherman, a lifelong resident of the islands. It's a great story, but the primary pleasure of the book is Guterson's rendering of the people and the place" (Publishers Weekly). The basis of a fine film by Scott Hicks, with Ethan Hawke. Remains Guterson's finest achievement thus far, this is a "must-have" title for David Guterson collectors. <b><i> This presentation copy is very boldly and beautifully signed and inscribed in black marker on the front free endpaper by the author. The recipient is named. This title remains available in multiple subsequent printings. This is one of relatively few signed copies of the true First Edition still available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A very scarce signed copy thus. </b></i> Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1994 for "Snow Falling On Cedars". One of the finest living American writers. A flawless collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAVID GUTERSON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0151001006. Signed by Author.

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Guterson, David: Snow Falling on Cedars, San Diego, CA, U.S.A. Harcourt Trade Publishers 1999
ISBN: 0151004439 Near Fine

Hardcopy and Brodart-wrapped D/J are both NEAR FINE. Includes the on D/J promoting the major motion picture of the same name. On San Piedro, an island of rugged, spectacular beauty in Puget Sound, home to salmon fishermen and strawberry farmers, a Japanese-American fisherman stands trial, charged with murder. The year is 1954, and the shadow of World War II, with its brutality abroad and internment of Japanese Americans at home, hangs over the courtroom. Ishmael Chambers, who lost an arm in the Pacific war and now runs the island newspaper inherited from his father, is among the journalists covering the trial -- a trial that brings him close, once again, to Hatsue Miyamoto, the wife of the accused man and Ishmael's never-forgotten boyhood love. Now, as a heavy snowfall impedes the progress of Kabuo Miyamoto's trial, he and others must reckon with the past, with culture, nature, and love, and with the possiblilities of the human will. Both suspenseful and beautifully crafted, Snow Falling on Cedars portrays the psychology of a community, the ambiguities of justice, the racism that persists even between neighbors and the necessity of individual moral action despite the indifference of nature and circumstance. First Edition/First Printing Near Fine Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Grey Paper-Covered Boards

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