Books in Stock by Wallace Stegner
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    Stegner, Wallace:  The Big Rock Candy Mountain.  Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1978. Signed Limited Edition. Near fine in full light brown leather covered boards with extensive gilt decorations on the front and rear boards, four raised bands on the spine with gilt text stamping, decorations and ruled borders in the compartments. The end papers are silk, there is a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine and the edges of the text block are in gilt. There are two minor scuff marks at the upper edge of the spine one of which mars the gilt border around the upper most title block. Signed by the author on the fourth free end paper. Laid-in at the front of the book is a small brochure describing the book. Stegner states in the forward to the book that it was "The first of my books to acheieve wide recognition, The Big Rock Candy Mountain,was an attempt to capture in the experiences of a single family the social and psychological consequences of the ending of the f rontier and the pinching out of the American Dream. Of all my novels, it is the most deeply rooted in history and sociology." A novel of the pursuit of the American Dream by a family at the turn-of-the-century in the Pacific Northwest. 733 pages of text with illustrations by Charles Reid.
    TB19421  $125.00



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    Stegner, Wallace:  The Gathering of Zion.  New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1964. First Edition, in second state dust jacket. Fine in purple cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with only a hint of fading at the heel of the spine. (More often than not this title is found with fairly typical fading of the board's edges as the purple cloth is very prone to fading.) In a very good+ unclipped second state dust jacket with a slightly tanned spine area which is also lightly rubbed at its upper edge. The sixth volume in The American Trails Series and one of the fifteen in the series produced by McGraw-Hill. The story of the Mormon Trail. 331 pages including an index, bibliography, text and a section of illustrations of reproductions of contemporary art. A very handsome and collectable copy.
    TB19144  $75.00




  • Stegner, Wallace:  The Letters of Bernard DeVoto.  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1975. First Edition, First printing. Very good in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with a remainder spray on the bottom edge. In a very good+ dust jacket with light wear at the spine ends (but no chips) and light soiling. A revealing collection of letters compliled and edited by Stegner who wrote DeVoto's biography - The Uneasy Chair.
    TB06553  $17.50




  • Stegner, Wallace:  Recapitulation.  Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1979. First Edition. Near fine in full, red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine, gilt text and tool work in the compartments, the edges of the text block are gilt and there are silk end sheets with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the top of the spine. An octavo measuring 8 3/4" by 5 3/4" with a 2" tea stain on page 248 and a faint scratch of 1" long to the spine area. Without a dust jacket as issued. The true first edition. 335 pages of text illustrated by Walter Rane. One of the volumes in the Franklin Library's collection of The First Edition Society. A tight clean and collectible copy with no prior owner's marks or book plates.
    TB01313  $40.00



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    Stegner, Wallace:  A Shooting Star.  New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First Edition, First printing. Very near fine in 1/4 black and decorated blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the upper edge of the spine is faded and there is a prior owner's book plate on the font paste down. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with flecking of the colors at the ends of the spine area and a 3/4" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel. 433 pages of text.
    TB19464  $65.00



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    Stegner, Wallace:  The Spectator Bird.  Franklin C: The Franklin Library, 1976. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in full, dark blue leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments and with gilt designs and borders on the boards. All edges of the text block are gilt. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. This title won the 1976 National Book Award. This version of the title is the true first edition of this book. 267 pages of text with illustrations by John Collier. Stegner won the Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for his book: Angle of Repose. An extremely handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30624  $30.00



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    Stegner, Wallace:  Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs.  New York: Random House, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 maroon cloth and paper covered boards with the dust jacket protector attached to the front and rear paste downs and with the remnants of a label removed from the rear free end page. In a fine price unclipped dust jacket. 227 pages containing essays.
    TB22942  $15.00






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