eugene walter katherine clark (6 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Good. Illustrated. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

paperback. Etat : Good. Paperback book in good condition.

Etat : very good, very good. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 295, illus.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. 295 pages, with a "cast of characters" appendix identifying persons mentioned in this memoir by the author, actor, cryptographer, southern cooking expert, and literary socialite Eugene Walter from Mobile, Alabama, an "oral biography" recorded and edited by Katherine Clark. Foreword by George Plimpton. Chapters on his time in Alaska (as a cryptographer in WWII), post-war Manhattan, Paris and Rome for three decades (Paris Review, Botteghe Oscure, Fellini films), and back in Mobile. 8vo, beige and brown paper over boards, scant shelf wear, some soil to edges. Unclipped dust jacket has a small white paint spot on spine and light shelf wear. Names of former owners, the author's friends Ann and Warner Berthoff. written on front free end paper, her marginalia on approximately ten pages in the chapter on post-war New York City and notes on the rear free end paper (mostly her own recollections, or comparisons with other versions told her by EW, of scenes and people mentioned). Affixed to the front pastedown are small two b&w photos of her friend Eugene Walter behind the wheel of a 1927 Bugatti Type 44X auto, inscribed verso with obscure or invented literary citations, one of them identifying himself as Dr. W. (for Willoughby).

Etat : acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First edition. Foreword by George Plimpton. 295pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Fine in a fine dust jacket.