Buy this book on-line Matthiessen, Peter : On The River Styx And Other StoriesRandom House, New York City, NY, 1989 ISBN 0394553993
First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 208 pages. The author's debut collection of short stories. Now considered a modern classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Peter Matthiessen's "On The River Styx And Other Stories". Selected by the author himself with surpassing discrimination, it consists of ten stories in all, written over a span of 35 years of prolific writing. The resulting slim volume can be read in one go, one masterpiece after another. Matthiessen's stories echo and enlarge upon those of Jack London and Ernest Hemingway, his precursor-writers, in the same vein. Well, in any case, there is no one of his generation who captures with such vividness of detail, freshness of imagination, and depth of feeling the often inevitably tragic encounter between Man and Nature as Matthiessen does. "When all the faddish smoke clears, Peter Matthiessen's work will stand revealed as that of an artist of immense talent, grandeur, and genius" (Jim Harrison). After a year-long struggle with cancer, Peter Matthiessen died on April 5, 2014 at the age of 86. An absolute "must-have" title for Peter Matthiessen collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Peter Matthiessen. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Announcement of the event during which his signature was obtained. This title is a modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. The cream DJ, which soils easily, is un-soiled and un-blemished. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PETER MATTHIESSEN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394553993. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Matthiessen, Peter : On The River Styx And Other Stories. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, antiquarian books, fine bindings, collectables and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |