PARKER, ROBERT B. — Love and Glory

New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1983. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385292619. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and one chip, along with some rubbing to the spine and flap joints and rear cover. "Love and Glory (ISBN 0-385-29261-9) is a 1983 novel by Robert B. Parker. The story is told in the first person by Boone Adams. It is a coming-of-age and love story. There is explicit and implicit reference to and imitation of The Great Gatsby. Parker originally intended a combination novel and time capsule. The time capsule sections, inter-chapter devices with baseball box scores, old ad copy, captions from Life magazine and popular song lyrics, were ultimately scrapped due to excessive permission fees. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .