SWANS ON AN AUTUMN RIVER-Stories by SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER-Rare, SUPERB HC w/DJ!

Description: Hi! You're looking at a SUPERB condition book which is VERY RARE, hard to find and OUT OF PRINT and a classic collection of Short Stories written by British author SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER--the book is an unstated FIRST EDITION and is a HARDCOVER with the ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET and is NOT a remainder copy and NOT price-clipped, with the original $4.50 price in the upper corner of the front inner flap. This book is in beautiful, SUPERB and UNREAD condition and is in a likely UNCIRCULATED former library copy with a removed blank first page and a mylar plastic sleeve on the dustjacket, which is attached to the boards; aside from the fewer than typical library markings the book has NO significant imperfections! The book is titled Swans on an Autumn River: Stories by Sylvia Townsend Warner and it was written by SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER; it was published by The Viking Press in 1966 and is an unstated 1st EDITION copy.This baker's dozen of new tales reveals a more astringent, more worldly view than before, which accepts the fact that humans are fallible and sometimes even contemptible. But they are often comic, too; and the author's wise compassion finds their redeeming features. A hospitalized bachelor, longing to go home to his cat, invents a step-niece to look out for him. A wife and an ex-wife confront each other over an ox-tail in their husband's kitchen. A traveling man in Dublin, feeding the swans, faces the emptiness of life and the failure of his dreams. A dutiful son and daughter, each wanting to get away from their insufferable mother, find ways to rationalize their separate escapes--ironically needless. And in the most subtly shocking story that Sylvia Townsend Warner ever wrote, "A Love Match," a far less conventional family relationship is suddenly uncovered by an act of chance. These and the other stories in the collection have a special magic that lingers in the memory. They have the cachet of high craftsmanship and the moving force of true observation.A fantastic find, and a beautiful copy of this book! Thanks for looking, and good luck if you're bidding! Also be sure to check out all of my other great books currently listed on ebay auctions--I can combine shipping for multiple purchases!

Price: 50 USD

Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2025-01-06T22:20:38.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.75 USD