About this title: When Austin King entertains some distant relatives he unwittingly sets in motion events that will threaten his marriage, his law practice and his standing in the community. Austin's eagerness to please his foster cousin Nora is mistaken for other motives, especially since Nora is besotted with him.
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Description: Acceptable. Corners of cover and spine are really rounded/tattered. Crease in front cover. Edges of cover are tattered. Spots/marks on back cover. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvill Pr
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781860465543ISBN:1860465544
Description: Very Good. Cover has some edge wear. Light soiling on sides of book. Slight corner creasing or edge wear. Pages are clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Quality Paperback Book Club
Date Published: 1992
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Moderate edgewear. Corners slightly worn. Crease front cover by spine. Very light spine creases, if any. Ships from Michigan read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Quality Paperback Book Club, New York NY
Date Published: 1992
Description: Good. No Jacket. American Fiction. 5.5 x 8 in. 905 pps; soft cover worn at bottom of spine; text clean and unmarked; binding tight and stable; Time Will Darnken It-layers of misunderstanding among members of a family in small midwestern town in 1912; The Chateau introduces a young couple vacationing in France shortly after WWII, praised by Elizabeth Bowen as one of the most moving and authentic novel of Americans abroad; So Long, See You Tomorrow-a murder on Illinois farm of the 1920s. Weight ... read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Book of the Month Club, N Y.
Date Published: 1992
Description: Very Good++ Jacket Not Issued. Bookclub 3 books in ONE VOLUME....nice clean copy...binding is solid....text unmarked....corners slightly bumped....trade paperback edition....literature. read more
Description: Maxwell, William., David R. Godine Pub., 'Nonpareil Books', 1987, c1983, 2nd printing, stiff wrapps, fine, 368 pps, 8' x 5 3/8', 'The oder observed in painting a landscape-once the canvas has been prepared-is as follows: First, one draws it...' read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Date Published: 1948
Description: Good. Harper & Brothers, 1948. Hard cover, 302 pp. Stated First Edition. Good in fair dust jacket. Brown textured cloth covered boards with silver block and lettering on spine. Light rubbing and bumping along edges with some of the color rubbed off along the edges and corner tips. Binding tight. Pages browned with light age spotting but otherwise clean and unmarked. Illustrated dust jacket has a 1" tear on the top back edge and several other smaller nicks and tears and creasing along edges. ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: David R Godine, Publisher, Inc, Boston, MA
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780879234485ISBN:0879234482
Description: Cover Illustration By Brookie Maxwell. Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author 1st printing of the Godine Nonpariel Books #28 Trade paperback edition which reprints the 1962 Vintage books paperback edition, which was revised by the author from the original 1948 Harper & Brothers hardcover edition. 368pp. Pictorial card covers. Cover price 9.95. Godine customer response postcard laid-in. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to half-title page. David R. Godine, Publisher reprinted eight of Maxwell's books of ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York
Date Published: 1948
Description: Very Good/Very Good. VERY GOOD PLUS in VERY GOOD MINUS dustjacket; stated first edition; octavo; 302 pp; original price of $3.00 on bottom of front dj flap; top dj flap trimmed, mildly sunned, shallow chips top and tail of spine and at corners, little nicked edgewear with several small closed tears, offsetting to front endpapers from relevant newsclipping; else clean tight copy in mylar. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers,, New York:
Date Published: 1948.
Description: First edition. Very good with some soiling on page edges and cloth edges lightly rubbed; in a price-clipped dustwrapper with soiling, spine slightly sunned, rubbing and a few short closed tears. read more
"Maxwell is the gentlest of writers. No filler here--spare but yet so descriptive. Each sentence being so precise and controlled that you don't even realize where he's quietly taking you until you've suddenly arrived."
"I think the only people who will appreciate this book are writers, or character study enthusiasts. I am neither and was completely bored the entire book. Maybe this is a representation of the inner workings of traditional family life? Who knows....all I know is that I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone I know. Not to say the author isn't talented...simply I don't appreciate this kind of story telling."
"This book was pretty slow moving, but I enjoyed the author's perceptive, insightful, and poetic writing. The book gained momentum in a subtle yet artful way, giving real depth and dimension to the characters and a rich portrayal of human nature."
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