A collection of short stories about provincial life in the American Midwest and published for the first time in Britain. Powers, an American author with a reputation for being alert to the humour stored up in every human drama, and who lists among his admirers such literary figures as Evelyn Waugh, Flannery O'Connor and Anthony Burgess, has been described by Jonathan Raban as "one of the funniest, most socially exact, most heart rending and most thoroughly enjoyable writers alive". J.F. Powers lives in Minnesota, and is the ...
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A collection of short stories about provincial life in the American Midwest and published for the first time in Britain. Powers, an American author with a reputation for being alert to the humour stored up in every human drama, and who lists among his admirers such literary figures as Evelyn Waugh, Flannery O'Connor and Anthony Burgess, has been described by Jonathan Raban as "one of the funniest, most socially exact, most heart rending and most thoroughly enjoyable writers alive". J.F. Powers lives in Minnesota, and is the award-winning author of "Prince of Darkness", "The Presence of Grace" and "Morte d'Urban". His new novel, "Wheat that springeth green" is published simultaneously by Chatto.
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Add this copy of Look How the Fish Live to cart. $13.19, good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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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.
Add this copy of Look How the Fish Live: a New Collection of Stories to cart. $14.00, very good condition, Sold by Gail P Kennon Book-Comber rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West New York, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Knopf.
Add this copy of Look How the Fish Live to cart. $18.51, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Add this copy of Look How the Fish Live to cart. $22.00, like new condition, Sold by Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Salt Lake City, UT, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Knopf.
Add this copy of Look How the Fish Live to cart. $24.50, very good condition, Sold by George Houle rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Palm Springs, CA, UNITED STATES, published by New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1975..
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Dust jacket designed by Lidia Ferrara (unclipped). Very good. 190 pages. No signatures or bookplates.
Add this copy of Look How the Fish Live to cart. $25.50, very good condition, Sold by Kubik Fine Books Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dayton, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Knopf.
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Hasrdcover book with dustjacket in very good condition. Bookplate partially removed from front free endpaper else interior clean and tight. Small nick to dustjacket at bottom of spine.
Add this copy of Look How the Fish Live to cart. $27.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. Octavo. 190pp. Binding slightly cocked else near fine in an edgeworn, very good dust jacket with a vertical crease on the upper flap.
Add this copy of Look How the Fish Live (First Edition) to cart. $32.00, like new condition, Sold by Dan Pope Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from WEST Hartford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Hardcover. First edition. First printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A tight clean copy. Jacket unclipped with original publisher's price of $6.95 intact. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box.
Add this copy of Look How the Fish Live to cart. $37.00, like new condition, Sold by Books Of Choice rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bloomington, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. 190 pages. First Edition. Powers third collection of short stories. His previous collections, Prince of Darkness and The Presence of Grace, were published in 1947 and 1956, respectively. Fine in dustjacket with some very minor creasing, else fine.
Add this copy of Look How the Fish Live to cart. $37.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Bottom edge lightly bumped, near fine in a faintly toned near fine dust jacket with minor edgewear. A collection of short stories, two cautionary tales and a short play, mostly about clergy in Midwestern America.
