John Cheever's Final Word: "Oh What a Paradise It Seems" 1st Edition in Jacket
Here is a hardbound first edition of John Cheever's Final Words in Print: "Oh What a Paradise It Seems" Herein he sums Up and Resolves His Lifelong Tussle With the Dark and Light Sides of his own character as well as those of society at large. Well worth a read if you have not done so already. I just finished my fourth time through it and am ready to move this personal copy along to the next Cheever nut. I bought this book from a remainder rack at the sparsely used bookstore on the 7th floor of the grand old Meir & Frank department store in 1982: I felt like I had stolen a treasure. There has always been a little red stain on the bottom edge of this book; mostly on the outside edge and does not distract from the tactile pleasure of holding and reading this fine story. Very nice dust jacket with some slight shelf wear. 1st Edition.
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And the Quirkier, the Better
Mostly what you will find in our Book Nook Section are some of the Odd-Ball things that got published, regardless of their Quirkiness. Among these goodies you will usually find old family Bibles, High School & College Yearbooks, Oddly Illustrated Impudent Children's Books, Quaint Humorists, Instruction Manuals, Text Books, Funky Magazines, Comics, Sheet Music, Diaries, Logs, Schoolbooks, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Cookbooks, Catalogs, and such....
Of course, one of the great things about books is that they can transport you to whole new worlds you have never dreamed of where elephants hurry to catch the train, fairies appear when most needed, spells are cast, white knights come to your rescue, your aunt is on the cover, cats wear hats, scissors talk, and one pill makes you smaller......
We aways have an eclectic selection that is constantly changing, but not too much of any one thing. So, pull your chair up, have a cuppa, and do a little browsing in our Book Nook Section:
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