9780394523743 - Handbook for Visitors from Outer Space/07789 von Kramer, Kathryn (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Zustand: Good. 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. 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.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NY: Knopf, 1984. First Edition. Hardbound. Author's first book. Near fine/Near fine. A nice copy that has perhaps been read once. Not as tight as a new copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition, 1st printing. Bright & tight copy, unread, in Fine condition. Erstwhile remainder has slight foxing & red line on top edge, o/w unmarked. "A HANDBOOK FOR VISITORS FROM OUTER SPACE is a novel that gives us--through the eyes and being of Cyrus Quince, a young American boy filled with classic yearnings but growing up in a no-longer-classic world--a sharply fresh vision of our time. [] A war has been going on, but no one knows how or when it started. On the lawn of the Old Generals' Home, on the outskirts of Winston City, on the American eastern seacoast, the elderly men discuss how improbable, how utterly unlike former wars, this one seems to be: no enemy, no identifiable troops, but so much talk of strategy and being ever on the alert, and in the population at large an insistent feeling of anxiety coupled with a feverish gaiety. For many, the war persists only as a rumor, and others do not even believe in its existence--[] We follow Cyrus on a journey both fabulous and familiar, through a childhood idyllically tidy, from which all trouble has been expunged; through prep school days at Fifield Academy--first love and first betrayal . . . [] As we follow him on his fragile and uncertain quest for love, for a vital identity and authenticity, we begin to piece together a portrait of this generation's connection to our still worshipped but receding traditions: family, religion, patriotism, the ideal of a principled life." [jacket copy] "Extraterrestrial beings won't discover in the pages of this accomplished first novel quite all the wonders of our fated planet but they'll feast their senses on vividly caught glimpses. . . The novel is thoroughly engaging and introduces an unmistakably gifted new voice in command of stylistic finesse, lively fancy and infectious buoyancy."--Publishers Weekly. "The prose is transparent, its burden complex--a curious design, a fable-like shiver, a humor that casts a deep and subtle shadow."--Joseph McElroy. Near-pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp deckle edges, a square & tight spine, wrapped in an evocative NF jacket covered in archival mylar. Quite presentable.

1/4 Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing in seemingly unread, about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Included is also a proof dust-jacket, stamped as such and with blank flaps. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number and signature on front paste down; This book is a guide for visitors from outer space who land on Earth. It covers everything from the basics of Earth culture and geography to how to behave when visiting our planet.; 8vo ; FSA.