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Condition: Very Good
Description: Essay on the idea of Place in life and literature. Pamphlet bound in heavy grey paper with a printed wrap of the same paper, as pictured, number 147 of 200 copies. Finely printed at the University of Wisconsin's typographical museum shortly after Stegner's receipt of an honorary degree. Bump/ crease to base of spine, spine and edges lightly faded. Text clean; [4], 22 pages; title page printed in three colors. Size: 7¼" By 8½"
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace.. The Sense of Place.. Madison, Wisconsin Humanities Committee, 1986, 1986.
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Description: Madison, Wisconsin Humanities Committee, 1986, first edition, dust jacket. Softcover. One of only 200 numbered copies printed at the Silver Buckle Press, bound in wrappers with printed dust jacket wrapped around, illustrated by Katherine Kuehn, Colberg A32 errs in stating that this is the first "and only" edition, long out of print. Fine.
Seller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman ABAA, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. The Sense of Place. Wisconsin Humanities Council, 1986.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 9pp. Slim square octavo [22 cm] Gray wraps sewn with a single strand of white thread. With a matching dust wrapper printed in light green. Faint shelfwear. Colberg A32. "To encourage reading and discussion on the relationship of myth, story and history, the Wisconsin Humanities Committee has selected a theme: A Sense of Place in History and Literature. The choice of Wallace Stegner to keynote this theme was a natural consequence. Throughout his career, Mr. Stegner has explored the mythical, literary and historical dimensions of the human psyche. The sense of place has been central to his search." Printed by the Silver Buckle Press at the University if Wisconsin-Madison. Illustrations by Katherine Kuehn. Signed on the title page by Wallace Stegner. From an edition limited to 200 copies.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.