Teaching a Stone to Talk (association copy)
Harper & Row, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Association copy, inscribed on the title page: "For my dear new friend and colleague, Max Steele, with all best wishes, Annie Dillard." Novelist Max Steele was a longtime professor at UNC Chapel Hill, steering its creative writing program, and is a member of the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame. He received the Harper Prize, the Saxton Memorial Trust Award, the Mayflower Cup Award, and O. Henry Prize among others. This title is uncommon signed, and this copy is further notable for being signed with her genuine signature rather than her perfunctory bookstore squiggle. Her first essay collection, with such often-anthologized classics as "Living Like Weasels" and "Total Eclipse." First printing, about fine with perhaps just a touch of toning/dust to upper text block face; still fine. In a near fine jacket with light creasing and one short tear to lower edge of front panel, a shorter tear to top of rear panel. Presents great under mylar. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. WRB1002023E. Fine / Near Fine. Item #ABE-1675707367309
ISBN: 9780060150303
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