lowry robert james collas (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Zustand: NEAR FINE. First printing. His second collection of short stories, many dealing with life on the dark edges - in the military, abortion, a woman with a crippled hand, homosexuality - each illustrated with a minimalist brush-and-ink drawing by the author. This includes his O Henry Award winning story "Be Nice to Mr Campbell" and a "rougher and tougher version" of his first short novel, "Casualty." Lowry himself had a tragic life - after early acclaim, he was diagnosed as a schizophrenic in 1952 (shortly before this collection was published), forced to undergo electric shock therapy and spent the rest of his between mental institutions and squalid hotels. 256 pp. Dust jacket by Gene Frederico. Near fine in very good dust jacket (some minor chipping and edgewear to the dj).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good in good dust jacket. Spine ends bumped, light browning of page edges, dust jacket shows spine reinforced with tape from within, shelf rubbing and light browning with some light soiling, edges and ends rubbed with some very small tears, flaps slightly clipped but price still present.

First edition. 256 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light edgewear to base and crown of spine. Young 2397*.