Andes Rising by James Munves - 1999

New Directions. Hardcover. 0811214079 1st Edition 1999 Book is in like new condition. Customer service is our #1 priority. We sell great books at great prices with super fast shipping. . Fine.

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1999. Hardcover. As New/As New. Discount Book: Hard Cover

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition/First printing. Rem. mk. on the lower edges, else fine.

New York City, NY: New Directions, 1999. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: New Directions, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 189 pages. The author's debut novel. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents James Munves' "Andes Rising". His first and only novel. Primarily known and established as a journalist and nonfiction writer, James Munves has published sublime short stories and longer fiction pieces, mainly for The New Yorker Magazine. His slim and powerful novel is a mystical journey, effortlessly, convincingly, and grippingly written. It is about the ultimate theme of all great literature: One man's search for the meaning of life, and the potentially extreme and fatal consequences of this search. An absolute… Read More

New Directions Book, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Purple cloth over boards. Clean and tight. DJ not price clipped.

New York: New Directions, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Hardcover and dustwrapper, both a very nice clean copy, like new. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York : New Directions, 1999 2021-01-17. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. As New in As New DJ. One ripple from glue to front paste-down paper.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New Directions, 1999. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Purple cloth binding, metallic turquoise titles. 189 pp. The reader is confronted with a layered mystery in this novel: what happened to Thomas Cooper? The former A-bomb scientist has quit his job and gone off to Colombia on an ornithological project for the Peace Corps. His friends and family have lost all track of him. Finally his mother persuades Rabbi Teitelbaum to go down to Colombia and find out if Thomas is dead or alive. What he finds is Thomas's journal, filled with notes about his bird studies, ruminations about life-to which the rabbi responds-and pages from the work of Chapman, the early 20th-century ornithologist who collected specimens for the Museum of Natural History. Flashing through the tale is a rare tanager with turquoise markings. The director of the project wants Thomas to bring in a specimen of this bird. "If what is being… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New Directions, 1999. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Purple cloth binding, metallic turquoise titles. 189 pp. The reader is confronted with a layered mystery in this novel: what happened to Thomas Cooper? The former A-bomb scientist has quit his job and gone off to Colombia on an ornithological project for the Peace Corps. His friends and family have lost all track of him. Finally his mother persuades Rabbi Teitelbaum to go down to Colombia and find out if Thomas is dead or alive. What he finds is Thomas's journal, filled with notes about his bird studies, ruminations about life-to which the rabbi responds-and pages from the work of Chapman, the early 20th-century ornithologist who collected specimens for the Museum of Natural History. Flashing through the tale is a rare tanager with turquoise markings. The director of the project wants Thomas to bring in a specimen of this bird. "If what is being… Read More

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