9780394412733 - Refiner's Fire: The Life and Adventures of Marshall Pearl, a Foundling von Helprin, Mark (14 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Remainder mark on topedge, offsetting from dust jacket title on cover, very good in a very good dust jacket with the lamination lifting on the rear flap, and tiny stains along the bottom edge of the rear panel.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. 373pp. Helprin's debut novel. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in FINE condition. "An immense novel, both serious and comic, filled with character, incident, and the sweep of history, REFINER'S FIRE is the story of Marshall Pearl, born in a sea battle on an illegal immigrant ship off the coast of Palestine in 1947. Sent to America by the ship's captain, he is adopted by the wealthy and childless Livingstons and grows up on their Hudson Valley estate--riding ice floes on the river, jumping freights, climbing cliffs. Yet he is shaped by the imperatives of his origins and destiny, by his peculiar sensitivity to light, and by his astonishing seizures and visions. Always restless and attracted by forces and affinities just beyond his grasp, he begins to move outward: as a child, to an idyllic summer in the Rockies; as an adolescent, to the tropical forests of Jamaica and the Rastafarian rebellion; as a young man, to the taxing traditions of Harvard, to the Great Plains, to Charleston, to the highest ridges of the Alps, and finally to Israel. We see him en route in feast and famine--in trouble, broke, hungry, on the bottom, or surrounded by riches, on top, and in command. And he is often in love: with the sunburnt (always perfect) Lydia, or the lithe, unattainable Dash, or gentle Alexa, or strong-willed Nancy May Baker . . . until one of them becomes central to his life." [jacket copy] "Every once in a while a book appears that engulfs you in its limitless beauty . . . This is such a book. Helprin's use of language and imagery is an ineffable joy."--The Philadelphia Inquirer. "As if The Odyssey had been updated and rewritten by Dylan Thomas."--The Listener, London. "Superb . . . A first-rate odyssey, full of insight and humor and hard-earned wondrous truths . . . That best of all possible novels: read ten pages and you can't put it down; finish it and you'll feel it haunt your days and nights."--San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle. Pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp deckle edges, a square & tight binding, wrapped in a NF intact jacket, all quite presentable.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Helprin's second book and first novel. The life and adventures of Marshall Pearl, a foundling. Fine in near fine dustjacket with only minor creasing at lower edges.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 373 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Blue spine with white and orange lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "$10.00", has a closed tear along the rear tail edge, stains along the rear cover, chipping along the fore corners, chipping along the spine tail edge and tail joint corners, and mild bending wear along the extremities. Boards have tears on the tail edges, mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges, discoloration along the head and tail edges, and mild wear along the edges. Textblock has adhesive stains on the pastedowns and end-pages, a dent along the tail edge of pages 221-337, and mild age toning along the edges. Signed flat by Mark Helprin and dated "14.VI.95" on the title page. Shelved in Room C. 1390261. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight edgewear and toning. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in.