***(Synopsis) For more than four decades, Thomas McGuane has been heralded as an unrivaled master of the short story. Now the arc of that achievement appears in one definitive volume. Set in the seedy corners of Key West, the remote shore towns of the Bahamas, and McGuane's hallmark Big Sky country, with its vast and unforgiving landscape, these are stories of people on the fringes of society, whose twisted pasts meddle with their chances for companionship. Moving from the hilarious to the tragic and back again, McGuane writes about familial dysfunction, emotional failure, and American lonelin... View More...
(Description) Near fine book and jacket. ***(Synopsis) Place exerts the power of destiny in these ten stories of lives uncannily recognizable and unforgettably strange: a boy makes a surprising discovery skating at night on Lake Michigan; an Irish clan in Massachusetts gather at the bedside of their dying matriarch; a battered survivor of the glory days of Key West washes up on other shores. Several of the stories unfold in Big Sky country, McGuane's signature landscape: a father tries to buy his adult son out of virginity; a convict turned cowhand finds refuge at a ranch in ruination; a cou... View More...
(Description) 2nd printing. Bound in green cloth with title block, in glassine jacket, housed in a black slipcase. This copy signed. ***(Synopsis) The sport of angling used to be a genteel business, at least in the world of ideals, a world of ladies and gentlemen. These have been replaced by a new set of paradigmatic persons: the bum, the addict and the maniac. I'm afraid that this tells us as much about the times we live in. The fisherman now is one who defies society, who rips lips, who drains the pool, who takes no prisoners; not to be confused with the sissy with the creel and the bamboo r... View More...
(Description) One of an edition of 1500 copies. Bound in green cloth with title block, in glassine jacket, housed in a black slipcase. This copy not signed. ***(Synopsis) The sport of angling used to be a genteel business, at least in the world of ideals, a world of ladies and gentlemen. These have been replaced by a new set of paradigmatic persons: the bum, the addict and the maniac. I'm afraid that this tells us as much about the times we live in. The fisherman now is one who defies society, who rips lips, who drains the pool, who takes no prisoners; not to be confused with the sissy with th... View More...
(Description) Near fine book and jacket. Please Note: For those familiar with the number line convention for identification of 1st printings, in the case of contemporary Random House books, their number line begins with 2 and the words First Edition under the number line for a first printing. Later printingsthen have the words first edition removed from under the number line. Therefore this is, in fact, a 1st printing. View More...
(Synopsis) In SOME HORSES, Tom McGuane animates the wide prairie, the ranches where cattle roam and cutting horses are trained, and the packed coliseums in which these horses compete for prestige and prize money. Best of all, McGuane brings to life the horses he has known, celebrating the unique glories that make each of them memorable. View More...
(Description) Number 9 of only 10 copies bound in quarter nigerian goatskin with leather corner caps over marbled paper boards, raised bands, gilt title and highlights, housed in a matching marbled paper covered slipcase. Signed by the Author and Publisher, Nick Lyons. View More...
(Synopsis) In SOME HORSES, Tom McGuane animates the wide prairie, the ranches where cattle roam and cutting horses are trained, and the packed coliseums in which these horses compete for prestige and prize money. Best of all, McGuane brings to life the horses he has known, celebrating the unique glories that make each of them memorable. View More...
(Description) Still in the original Shrink-wrap. One of 250 unnumbered copies signed by McGuane and the publisher on the limitation page. ***(Synopsis) In SOME HORSES, Tom McGuane animates the wide prairie, the ranches where cattle roam and cutting horses are trained, and the packed coliseums in which these horses compete for prestige and prize money. Best of all, McGuane brings to life the horses he has known, celebrating the unique glories that make each of them memorable. View More...
(Description) Very nice book and unclipped jacket. Please Note: For those familiar with the number line convention for identification of 1st printings, in the case of contemporary Random House books, their number line begins with 2 and the words First Edition under the number line for a first printing. Later printingsthen have the words first edition removed from under the number line. Therefore this is, in fact, a 1st printing. View More...
