Lurie, Alison; Paul Bacon (jacket design)

Dust Jacket for the Nowhere City

New York: Coward-McCann, 1966. 8vo. Dust Jacket, Good with minor losses, staining, tears, creasing, back fold-in half detached. Illustrated, photograph. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 15-8213

Catalogue: Ephemera

LURIE, ALISON

The Nowhere City

London: Abacus, 1990. Reprint. Paperback. 279 pages, cover illustration by Mark Harrison, page edges tanned.. Good .

Philip EmeryProfessional seller

Book number: 161025

Alison Lurie

The Nowhere City

Sphere 1986 Paperback, 288pp. When his mentor at Harvard University suddenly leaves for Washington, Paul Cattleman finds himself adrift in the wilds of academia. After losing his fellowship, he is out of work and one thesis short of a PhD. Rather than doom his career by taking what he considers to be an unsuitable job, he finds a temporary position at the Nutting Research and Development Corporation in Los Angeles, a city whose superficial charms signal an adventure. He is ready to make the best of his year out west among the beatniks and Hollywood hippies. The only thing holding him back is his wife. Katherine is a New Englander through and through, and as soon as she steps into the LA smog, she knows this transition will be a struggle. What Paul sees as fun, she considers vulgar. Bogged down by her allergies and crumbling marriage, she seeks out a shrink, who surprises and transforms her. While Los Angeles may be a cultural wasteland, this East Coast girl will find that West Coast pleasures can be quite a lot of fun. Some tanning; previous owner's name inside; spine creased. (ISBN: 9780349122113). Good.

Book HavenProfessional seller

Book number: 1562404

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Fiction9780349122113 9780349122113

Alison Lurie

The Nowhere City

London, Heinemann, 1965. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition work by Alison Lurie, described as a 'modern domestic comedy', presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Scarce, First UK Edition which precedes the US Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This is the second novel by Alison Lurie, which is described as both a 'modern domestic comedy' and a 'study of the interaction of two dissimilar marriages&apos. This work follows a young historian who has recently married an upper-class girl from New England and moved the both of them to Los Angeles. They both strike up relationships with different people, one a girl named Ceci who embodies the uninhibited nature of Los Angeles, and the other a psychiatrist whose wife is a famous film starlet. Alison Lurie (1926-2020) was an American novelist and academic. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 1984 novel, titled 'Foreign Affairs&apos. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minimal edge wear and light spotting to text block. Dust wrapper is very smart with edge wear particularly to the top edge of wraps and a few small closed tears. Ink inscription to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 810D24

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: The Nowhere City Alison Lurie Foreign Affairs modern fiction Alison Lurie None