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  • THE BIRD SKINNER. by Greenway, Alice.
    Greenway, Alice.
    THE BIRD SKINNER.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2013). First edition - Award-winning author's second novel, set in 1973 on a Maine Island, the story of an ornithologist who worked for the US in the Solomon Islands during World War II. Jim Harrison called this "A fascinating novel with the peculiar combination of ornithology and World War II in the South Pacific, birds and death, and the survivors who not so much survive as endure" and Publishers' Weekly described it as "Evocative . . . image-rich . . . The distinctive environments of disparate islands, interwoven with alternately romantic and horrific flashbacks, create a beautiful, ultimately painful story as haunting as its settings." 300 pp.

    Condition: Very good in printed light blue wrappers (an uncommon advance copy)

    Book ID: 81815
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  • Toomin, Philip R. and Pauline M.
    BLACK ROBE AND GRASS SKIRT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Horizon, 1963. dj. The story of an American judge appointed to serve in the native courtsof the US Trust Territory islands, and of his and his wife's experiences travelling and living in the South West Pacific. Map endpapers. 286 pages.

    Condition: Very good in a very good- dustjacket (some wear to dj along front fold.)

    Book ID: 16675
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