Left-Handed Monkey Wrench Stories and Essays by Richard McKenna; Robert Shenk ISBN 13: 9780870213458

Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Faint cigarette odor. Otherwise book has no defects. Binding tight, pages clean. Dust jacket has minor to moderate wear. Pictures available upon request.

Naval Institute Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. First printing. Naval Institute Press, 1986. 335 pages. Clean inside and out; binding is solid and square. Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of minor wear at spots along the top edge. Still one of the nicest copies I've seen. From the front flap: "Richard McKenna could have described his life much as Irish playwright Sean O'Casey once did: "When I stepped from hard manual labor to writing, I just stepped from one kind of hard work to another." McKenna's twenty-two year stint as a machinist's mate in the U.S. Navy was followed by an intense, though tragically short, literary career. Like O'Casey, he base dhis writing on his own experiences, and his extraordinary efforts earned him a permanent place in contemporary literature.... Made famous by his 1962 bestselling novel The Sand Pebbles, McKenna also wrote short stories and was working on an autobiographical novel, The Sons of… Read More

Naval Institute Press, 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket, book is in very good condition, no marks or writing, binding tight, top page edges slightly wavy from exposure to moisture; dust jacket is glossy, has some edge wear moisture stain at edges. Immediate shipping w/tracking included.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Brand: Naval Institute Press, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Naval Institute Press, 1986-05-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap.

Naval Institute Press, 1986-05-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!