Wharton william pseudonym albert aime (3 risultati)

Condizione: NEAR FINE. First printing. An extraordinary first novel, the story of a boy - and later a man's - obsession with flight, an obsession that both liberates him and drives him to madness. Winner of the National Book Award. Basis for the film of the same name starring Nicholas Cage. 310 pp. Dust jacket by Fred Marcellino. Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (slit to front cover of dj beside the spine). …

Condizione: FINE. First US printing. Published in the UK under the title 'Wrongful Death' this is the first nonfiction book by this award-winning novelist and artist. Wharton's daughter, her husband and two infant daughters were killed in a highway accident caused by poor visibility due to smoke from field burning - this is an account of how he dealt with his grief and of his fight to get the practice of burning outlawed. INSCRIBED on the dedication page. 246 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.…

Condizione: GOOD. First printing. An extraordinary first novel, the story of a boy - and later a man's - obsession with flight, an obsession that both liberates him and drives him to madness. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the National Book Award. Basis for the film of the same name starring Nicholas Cage. 310 pp. Dust jacket by Fred Marcellino. Good in good dust jacket (discoloration from glue to endpapers and underneath dj flaps, remainder line, hint of spine slant, etc. Original price of 8.95 on dj flap).…