The City of the Living

1957, eight short stories from Walllace Stegner

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Printing Details

First UK edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 20.5 × 13.5cm, 189pp.

From the dustwrapper, "Here is a new collection of eight brilliant short stories. each a literary gem, set in the United States, France and Egypt, and range from the classically lyrical to the straight narrative with a wry, ironic moral." The stories are: The Blue-Winged Teal; The City of the Living; Pop Goes the Alley Cat; Maiden in a Tower; Impasse; The Volunteer; Field Guild to the Western Birds; and The Traveller.

Condition

The book is in very good condition, with clean pages and secure binding. The dustwrapper is lightly chipped to the edges, with one small tear to the front joint and the remnants of a small sticker to the bottom of the rear panel but has not been price-clipped.