River of Earth (First Edition, inscribed to author Chris Offutt)
- SIGNED
- New York: Viking Press, 1940
New York: Viking Press, 1940. First Edition. First Edition. Association Copy, INSCRIBED on the half-title page to author Chris Offutt: "For Chris Offutt / who buckled his belt against the universe / And challenged the taut rope of mortality / James Still / 2 December 1999." Additionally SIGNED by Still on the title page.
Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996, was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by “Granta” magazine. He has also written for popular television shows and national publications, has been visiting faculty at numerous institutions including the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, and has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and others.
Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slight lean, with an owner name on the top left corner of the front pastedown. Jacket spine and rear panel lightly toned, with cello tape reinforcements on the spine end versos.
Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996, was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by “Granta” magazine. He has also written for popular television shows and national publications, has been visiting faculty at numerous institutions including the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, and has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and others.
Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slight lean, with an owner name on the top left corner of the front pastedown. Jacket spine and rear panel lightly toned, with cello tape reinforcements on the spine end versos.