Isbn: 9780553072259 - treetops: a family memoir (30 risultati)

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Condizione: Good. First Edition. 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. …

Condizione: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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

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

Hardback. Condizione: Good. In this compelling companion volume to her acclaimed memoir Home Before Dark, Susan Cheever once again gives readers a revealing look into her famous family, whose secrets and eccentricities parallel their genius and successes. Set against the backdrop of Treetops, the New Hampshire family retreat where the Cheevers still summer, and going back several generations, this powerful remembrance focuses on Susan Cheever's mother's family, and includes portraits of her great-grandfather, Thomas Watson, who invented the telephone with Alexander Graham Bell, and her grandfather Milton Winternitz, a brilliant doctor who built Yale Medical School. And of course there is her beloved and talented father John Cheever, the accomplished author who became one of the most well-known writers of the century, often using his family as material. Perhaps most riveting about Susan Cheever's second biographical masterpiece is its exploration of the lives of the Cheever women. At once a unique family portrait and the tale of every family, Treetops draws us effortlessly into a fascinating yet endearingly familiar world.…

Hardback. Condizione: Fair. In this compelling companion volume to her acclaimed memoir Home Before Dark, Susan Cheever once again gives readers a revealing look into her famous family, whose secrets and eccentricities parallel their genius and successes. Set against the backdrop of Treetops, the New Hampshire family retreat where the Cheevers still summer, and going back several generations, this powerful remembrance focuses on Susan Cheever's mother's family, and includes portraits of her great-grandfather, Thomas Watson, who invented the telephone with Alexander Graham Bell, and her grandfather Milton Winternitz, a brilliant doctor who built Yale Medical School. And of course there is her beloved and talented father John Cheever, the accomplished author who became one of the most well-known writers of the century, often using his family as material. Perhaps most riveting about Susan Cheever's second biographical masterpiece is its exploration of the lives of the Cheever women. At once a unique family portrait and the tale of every family, Treetops draws us effortlessly into a fascinating yet endearingly familiar world.…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. In this compelling companion volume to her acclaimed memoir Home Before Dark, Susan Cheever once again gives readers a revealing look into her famous family, whose secrets and eccentricities parallel their genius and successes. Set against the backdrop of Treetops, the New Hampshire family retreat where the Cheevers still summer, and going back several generations, this powerful remembrance focuses on Susan Cheever's mother's family, and includes portraits of her great-grandfather, Thomas Watson, who invented the telephone with Alexander Graham Bell, and her grandfather Milton Winternitz, a brilliant doctor who built Yale Medical School. And of course there is her beloved and talented father John Cheever, the accomplished author who became one of the most well-known writers of the century, often using his family as material. Perhaps most riveting about Susan Cheever's second biographical masterpiece is its exploration of the lives of the Cheever women. At once a unique family portrait and the tale of every family, Treetops draws us effortlessly into a fascinating yet endearingly familiar world. …

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. This is a first edition with full number line and deckle edge. The dust jacket is lightly smudged and bumped. The spine remains free of creasing. The top edge is a little foxed due to age. The pages of this book are clean and unmarked. A good solid copy. FAST SHIPPING & FREE TRACKING.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition: the printing numerals are a full line beginning with 1. AS NEW. No wear to the binding. No slope, no twist, no distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No tobacco odor. No water damage. No soiling. The as new dust jacket priced at $19.95 (not clipped) shows no wear, no sun fading.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine dust. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 204 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. First Printing of the First Edition. The daughter of the celebrated writer John Cheever discusses her remarkable family heritage and the accomplished little known ancestors within it. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, contains illustrations, 204pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Condizione: FINE. First printing. A history of several generations of her family, including of course, her father, the writer John Cheever. Treetops was the name given to a cluster of cottages built by her grandfather and used by her family as a summer home. Photographs. Family tree on endpapers. 204 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDBiography/Autobiography. First edition. Minor underlining else good in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good in Very good dust jacket. First Edition.

Hardcovers. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first prnt. Black & white photographs. Faint beginning foxing on the topedge (not immediately apparent). Near Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Cheever's seventh book, a memoir about her father John Cheever.…

Soft cover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: None as Issued. Advance Reading Copy (ARC). BRAND NEW COPY w/publisher's inked corrections to projected official publication date (Jan 15, 1991 to April, 1991). Advance Reading Copy [ARC]/Uncorrected Proof. A family memoir by Susan Cheever (1943 -). Author is great-granddaughter of Thomas Watson, assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (1847 - 1922), to whom the first telephone call was made (March 10, 1876), immortalizing Bell's famous first words: "Mr. Watson -- come here -- I want to see you.", and, daughter of Pulitzer Prize winner novelist and short story writer, John William Cheever (1912 - 1982). "Treetops" was the name of a cluster of cottages on the family homestead in New Hamshire. Family myths, anecdotes, and reflections.…

hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Stains to cover, page edges, and/or pages inside. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition. 204 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. marine-blue boards, white quarter-cloth spine, clean & bright, bndg crisp, no bumps; unclipped color photo illus white dj, no creases or tears, all exc unread, as new, gift cond; txt clean & unmarked, Cheever family tree illus blue eps, signed by author on the half-title page, signature only, 204 pp. 6"x 8.5". Companion to author's family memoir 'Home Before Dark'. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. NY: Bantam, 1991. First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Brand New, very fine/very fine in all respects. In mylar dust jacket cover. A perfect unread copy. SIGNED AND DATED by author on title page in March 2014. 0.0. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. First Impression. Advance reader's edition (uncorrected proofs) in plain green paper wraps. Collectible copy with no visible defects. Advance Reading Copy/Proof.