[Item #4754] To Skin a Cat: Stories. Thomas McGuane.
To Skin a Cat: Stories
To Skin a Cat: Stories
To Skin a Cat: Stories
To Skin a Cat: Stories

To Skin a Cat: Stories

ISBN: 0525244603
New York, NY: E.P. Dutton/ Seymour Lawrence, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. "To Skin a Cat assembles thirteen stories of astonishing range, both in approach and subject: a homicidal rancher, tank-town socialites, children facing mortality, good men and women frozen by life passing them, self-aggrandizing cads, publicity hounds, heartbreakers, a young girl confronting motherhood, and the childless old. Each story demands its own approach but the subject remains the human heart under fire." (from front flap) The eighth published work, & second short story collection by Thomas McGuane, the acclaimed & prolific American novelist, short story-, nonfiction- & screenwriter. With the final title story & twelve other polished literary gems. Hardcover in unclipped first-issue dust jacket (with $16.95 price printed on front flap), first edition as stated on copyright page, first printing as indicated by number sequence thereon. A most evocative, insightful & rewarding collection; an essential McGuane collectible in its rarest original trade form. Book in fine condition with very slight rubbing & fading to thin edges & corners of front, back cover boards; mild browning to white-cloth spine, spine-edges & corners of same; minor loss of copper-gilt lettering on spine esp. first letter "T" but otherwise bright & intact; moderate spotting to upper edge of text block; much less at side & lower edges of same. Interior very fine with only slight spotting to blank paste-downs & endpapers; miniscule bleeding of spots noted above onto upper & lower-side edges of a few page leaves. dust jacket fine with mild rubbing, scratching & occasional spotting to front, back covers, spine & flaps; a bit of wear & a few tiny bumps, creases at thin edges & corners of same; one moderately short, thin angled crease at upper right area/ edge of back cover hardly effecting image of McGuane (& likely a slight flaw as issued). Fine / Fine. [Item #4754]

Price: $70.00

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