About this title: Required reading for the hip generation, this one-volume edition contains two novels and a collection of poetry. The comic genius and iconoclastic vision of American life will recapture today's reader.
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Your search:Books»Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America, the Pill Versus the Springhill Min E Disaster, and in Watermelon Sugar(49 available copies)
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1989-03-01
ISBN-13:9780395500767ISBN:0395500761
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Description: New. 0395500761 NEW! NEVER USED! . There are no highlights, No pen marks, No missing pages. The binding is sturdy. Upgraded shipping on orders over $49.99. Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Description: Houghton Mifflin1989. Remainder Mark. Stains on Edges. Front Free Endpaper Clipped. Light Wear. All books in VG or better condition. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780395500767ISBN:0395500761
Description: Very Good- Three books in one. B/w photos. Cover edges are rubbed, and cover corners creased. Top front spine edge has a 1/4-inch tear, and spine has a vertical crease. Bottom text block edge is lightly soiled. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, Boston MA
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780395500767ISBN:0395500761
Description: Very Good + 8vo 0395500761 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 400 p. very good or better, clean and firm, no marks, minimal cover wear. read more
Description: NEW/Trade pb. Three of Brautigan's best works in one volume, first edition of the three together. Good chance to get to know this exceptional 60s and 70s writer. No markings or curls, clean and straight, very bright looking. 1989, Houghton trade pb, 1st printing, read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780395500767ISBN:0395500761
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Book like new no tears or markings small fold on front bottom B-47. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 400 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company; Seymour Lawrence, Boston
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780395500767ISBN:0395500761
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 112, 108, 138 pp., [3] leaves of plates, ports.; 21 cm. AS NEW. "A Brautigan omnibus, reissued in paperback in celebration of its twentieth anniversary, this one-volume edition includes three contemporary classics that embody the spirit of the 1960s. / Richard Brautigan's comic genius and countercultural vision of American life made him a literary idol of the 1960s and early 1970s. He wrote ten novels, nine volumes of poetry, and a collection of short stories ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1989-03-01
ISBN-13:9780395500767ISBN:0395500761
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780395500767. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780395500767ISBN:0395500761
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: First Edition/ First Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780395500767ISBN:0395500761
Description: N-Fine. Veryyyyyyyyyyyyy light rubbing wear else a square tight solid clean carefully read copy. Collection of three of Brautigan's books. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780385288606ISBN:0385288603
Description: Good. Stated 1st printing-September 1969. Good in Good dust jacket. Tight/clean/unmarked/square cornered. Outside page edges very slightly age toned. Illustrated laminated covers/finish chipped on edges in spots/spine bottom bumped. Bright, glossy dust jacket/edges slightly chipped/light toning and rubbing overall/price ($6.95) intact. Now in protective archival cover. NOT ex-library or remainder. Box shipped. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Seymour Lawrence/Delacorte Press, New York
Date Published: 1971
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-8"-9" Tall. Pictorial boards. Fourth printing. Clean, tight and unmarked. 112, 108, 138 pp. Photos. Three books in the manner of their original editions. Dust jacket, price-clipped, rubbed, short closed tear to front panel, lightly scuffed to rear panel, offered in new mylar cover. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. 1970 Delecorte Press hard cover 1st Edition 3rd printing-no dust jacket (as issued? ) some staining to cover and page edge-owner's name inside cover-otherwise binding strong contents clean-enjoy this rare collectible. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. 1970 Delecorte Press hard cover 1st Edition 3rd printing-no dust jacket (as issued? ) some staining to cover and page edge-owner's name inside cover-otherwise binding strong contents clean-enjoy this rare collectible. read more
Edition: STATED FIRST PRINTING
Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: Delacorte Press, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good Plus in Good Plus Dust Jacket. (Three books in the manner of their original editions. ) Three of Brautigan's earlier works, in one volume1. A few small chips and closed tears here and there, and a coffee stain on p. 106, but all in all, a nice copy of a scarce Brautigan tryptich, in scarce dustjacket. Original photo covers. First collected edition of Brautigan's works, and first hardcover, for that matter. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: DELACORTE., NY
Date Published: 1969
Description: Dust Jacket Included. First Combined Edition. Very good+ in a Nf. dj. (Couple of nicks in dj. Traces of faint soiling at fore edge. A few tiny spots of soiling at top edge. Crease at bottom righthand corner on endpaper & following page) read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: DELACORTE PRESS., NY
Date Published: 1969
Description: First Combined Edition. About fine in a Nf. dj. (2 faint soil spots at top edge. Hint of rubbing at bottom edge. Lightly discernable horizontal purple lines at top & bottom edge of dj. ) read more
"I enjoyed trout fishing in america and the pill versus the springfield mine disaster, but for some reason in watermelon sugar just seemed annoying and gimmicky. Maybe I'd gotten sick of Brautigaun's schtick by then. Or maybe he'd gotten sick of it himself."
"My friend Sean gave me In Watermelon Sugar to read my sophomore year of high school. So far, it's probably the book I've read the most times in my life. Beautiful and mysterious and wholly engaging, Brautigan fulfilled the form when we wrote this."
"I am mad. Mad that I haven't read any Brautigan until this year. Now that I have this book along with the last he wrote (An Unfortunate Woman) under my reading 'belt' I feel a little happier. This edition, i believe, combines three separate Brautigan works each of which has their merits and their serious entertainment value. There is a wide range of beauty, silliness and emotion in his poetry and the two stories (novels? novellas?) are equally wonderful. Due to his style and layout almost every page of Brautigan's prose seems like it could stand alone without the rest of the story. Luckily for us the rest of the pages exist.
Here is the title poem from his book of poetry:
The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster
When you take your pill it's like the mine disaster. I think if all the people lost inside of you."
"In Watermelon Sugar has for years been and continues to be my favorite book in the history of my relationship with books; Richard Brautigan is, by really any metric, my favorite author."
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