Borst beatrice (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Numbered Edition. Poems about love & womanhood & life in the only book by this Californian (originally from Minnesota) poet (1890-1959), published by her husband, & SIGNED by him (with a personalized inscription to Anne Riley on ffep). Printed in 1942 in a Limited Numbered Edition of only 150 copies, this is No. 12 (First Edition, First Printing). In 36 pages with rough cut edges. 974, this hardcover small octavo has deep blue cloth-covered boards lettered in black to front. Condition is VG: internally flawless, but with heavy rubbing to extremities. Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a hint of tanning, but completely unmarked. Slight offsetting to endpapers. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Poor. No Jacket. Former library book. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. Has been glued back into its covers after being shaken loose. The hinges have been meanded preserving the original covers and spine. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. jacket chipped and worn, foot of spine gently bumped, end papers discolored along hinges from binder's glue, former owner's book plate, otherwise a clean, square copy, Avery Hopwood Award winner.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Very Good+ dj. First Edition. [light shelfwear, a touch of foxing to cloth at edges of covers and along hinges; jacket bright and attractive, slight wear to base of spine, small closed tear at bottom front hinge]. This "story of a well-bred girl's coming of age" was that years winner of the Avery Hopwood Award, which has been presented at/by the University of Michigan since the early 1930s. The New York Times critic, altough noting that the book was "a far cry from the brash and earthy realism" of the previous year's winner, Maritta Wolff's "Whistle Stop," praised it as "an earnest and sincere chronicle of the life of [its protagonist]" from her early teens to her late twenties, and "a conscientious study of her mental and emotional development through those years -- from riches to genteel shabbiness and on the upgrade again, from loneliness to a poised self-confidence, from an idealistic adolescent love affair to an opportunity for marriage with a wealthy man (a chance she could appraise coolly on its promise of happiness, security and freedom)." There have been many notable winners of the Hopwood Award over the years who've gone on to great writing carees -- a few that come to mind are John Ciardi, Frank O'Hara, Arthur Miller and Marge Piercy -- but Ms. Borst, for whatever reason, seems to have not pursued this path; this was her first and only novel. (She died in Palm Springs, California, in 1984; her obituary indicates that she had been in the real estate business, probably a more sensible career choice.). Illustrated by (dj design) Florian (illustratore). …