Grace Stone Coates (37 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. In this series of linked stories the child narrator, Veve, cannot fathom all the mysteries of her family's life together, but by watching and listening she pieces together a painful past. Played out against the backdrop of rural hardship and deprivation on the family's Kansas farm, the secret in her father's previous life eventually explains his harsh treatment of the three older children and her mother's bitterness over his countless misunderstandings and slights. When originally published in 1931, a reviewer of Black Cherries commented that there is a sharpness about all impressions in the book, a keenness of sensuous and spiritual apprehension that leaves brilliant after-images with the reader. Another described the series of sketches as exquisite in texture and so faithful to the childish mind that one derives a warm impression of the imagined young narrator. Grace Stone Coates (1881-1976) spent most of her life in the tiny ranching community of Martinsdale in southwestern Montana. During a seven-year period, twenty of Coates's short stories were cited in the annual Best American Short Stories as Distinctive or Honor Roll stories, and John Updike chose Coates's Wild Plums for inclusion in Best American Short Stories of the Century. Coates also published two collections of poetry. Mary Clearman Blew is a professor of English at the University of Idaho in Moscow. She is the author of Balsamroot and Bone-Deep in Landscape and the editor of Margaret Bell's When Montana and I Were Young: A Frontier Childhood (Nebraska 2002).…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. In this series of linked stories the child narrator, Veve, cannot fathom all the mysteries of her family's life together, but by watching and listening she pieces together a painful past. Played out against the backdrop of rural hardship and deprivation on the family's Kansas farm, the secret in her father's previous life eventually explains his harsh treatment of the three older children and her mother's bitterness over his countless misunderstandings and slights. When originally published in 1931, a reviewer of Black Cherries commented that there is a sharpness about all impressions in the book, a keenness of sensuous and spiritual apprehension that leaves brilliant after-images with the reader. Another described the series of sketches as exquisite in texture and so faithful to the childish mind that one derives a warm impression of the imagined young narrator. Grace Stone Coates (1881-1976) spent most of her life in the tiny ranching community of Martinsdale in southwestern Montana. During a seven-year period, twenty of Coates's short stories were cited in the annual Best American Short Stories as Distinctive or Honor Roll stories, and John Updike chose Coates's Wild Plums for inclusion in Best American Short Stories of the Century. Coates also published two collections of poetry. Mary Clearman Blew is a professor of English at the University of Idaho in Moscow. She is the author of Balsamroot and Bone-Deep in Landscape and the editor of Margaret Bell's When Montana and I Were Young: A Frontier Childhood (Nebraska 2002).…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket (paperback). This paperback is in good condition with minimal signs of wear. The cover shows slight creasing but remains vibrant and intact. There are no inscriptions or library markings, and the binding is firm, ensuring a pleasant reading experience. Charles M. Russell (illustrator).…

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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In this series of linked stories the child narrator, Veve, cannot fathom all the mysteries of her family's life together, but by watching and listening she pieces together a painful past. Played out against the backdrop of rural hardship and deprivation on the family's Kansas farm, the secret in her father's previous life eventually explains his harsh treatment of the three older children and her mother's bitterness over his countless misunderstandings and slights.When originally published in 1931, a reviewer of Black Cherries commented that there is 'a sharpness about all impressions in the book, a keenness of sensuous and spiritual apprehension that leaves brilliant after-images with the reader.' Another described the series of sketches as 'exquisite in texture and so faithful to the childish mind that one derives a warm impression of the imagined young narrator.'Grace Stone Coates (1881-1976) spent most of her life in the tiny ranching community of Martinsdale in southwestern Montana. During a seven-year period, twenty of Coates's short stories were cited in the annual Best American Short Stories as Distinctive or Honor Roll stories, and John Updike chose Coates's 'Wild Plums' for inclusion in Best American Short Stories of the Century. Coates also published two collections of poetry.…

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Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 151 pages. Previous owners bookplate. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Condition: New. Veve cannot fathom all the mysteries of her family s life together, but by watching and listening, she pieces together a painful past. Played out against the backdrop of rural hardship and deprivation on the family s Kansas farm, the secret in her father s .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Sined/inscribed in pencil by author's wife on ffep. Bumping and some rubbing to extremeties of spine and to board corners. All plates are present, but one is loose. A bit of surface spotting. No dj.; wkh7b801; Signed by Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 404 / 1500 Inscribed and dated 1931 by Coates. Faded red cloth binding. Interior pages clean and free of writing or marks. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 116 35:B&W 5.25 x 8 in or 203 x 133mm Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Printing. Clean tight copy. Very slight wear at corners and spine. Front fep cut out. Jacket has some water stains and faded spine with chipping on spine ends. To say this is a fascinating book of poems, that it is sophisticated and highly polished while yet being genuine and elemental does not adequately characterize it. It is no less than sensational. 151 pp.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 116.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 116.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Limited Signed Edition. No. 553 of 1500 signed copies. Corners and spine bottom worn through. Minor soiling to covers. Front free endpaper has corner clipped. Last page has a 1" tear in margin. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 213 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Faint dampstain and a bit of loose cloth on rear board, bottom portion of spine sunned, very good. The poet Samuel French Morse's copy with his ownership signature on the front fly. One of 1500 numbered copies.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. 2nd Printing. (1932). 151 pages. INSCRIBED by the author. Fine. (025) Inscribed By Author.