Wallace Stegner — Recapitulation

New York , Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1979. First edition. Hardback. An excellent first edition of the moving sequel to 'The Big Rock Candy Mountain', following the protagonist's return to the hometown he fled, Salt Lake City. Stated as the "first edition after a privately printed limited edition".In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.In the original quarter cloth binding and paper covered boards.Returning to his childhood home for his aunt's funeral, Bruce Mason is overtaken by the memories of his past, the realities of his present, and intimations of his future.The sequel to 'The Big Rock Candy Mountain', a semi-autobiographical novel inspired largely by Stegner's own family and childhood. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Brown marks to the pastedowns, transferred slightly to the rear free endpaper. Dust wrapper has same brown marks to the wrap and edge wear, otherwise very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.