Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing paperback copy of A Dove of the East by Mark Helprin.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Very Good condition, with bright covers with light stains and a partial crease on the back. Also with, heavily foxed page blocks, mild surface wear, a lightly soiled title on a square spine, a tight binding with surface cracks, rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The twenty stories here, many of which first appeared in The New Yorker and have since been anthologized throughout the world, are strikingly beautiful essays on enduring and universal questions: In Rome, in the hour of his death, and American priest must choose between his Church and his God. An Israeli scout risks the safety and respect of his comrades in an act of transfiguring gentleness and charity. In a hot, dirty typewriter ribbon factory in the Bronx, a young man finds love. A Dutch child in a Canadian orphanage carries in her heart, her love for her parents and the pain of war. A soldier is overpowered by his days of burying the dead. A Sicilian widow meditates on the end of her family line.
Ships promptly in a manila envelope with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
