John Hersey. Stated First Edition. Dust Jacket: Very Good. Beautiful front-of-jacket painting by Edward Hopper (Rooms by the Sea). An unclipped jacket with original price ($7.95) still intact.
Hardcover: Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Beige cloth with gold lettering on spine. Some browning along the base of front cover. Otherwise, a solid book with former owners name on flyleaf and no other marking, 238 pp.
A must have for any Hersey collector. This was the former Pulitzer Prize winning authors 19th novel.
I have been a fan of Hersey's books for years. In this particular book he weaves a tale around an opportunistic locksmith and a timid young woman who is seeking security and safety in a world that she isn't sure if it's very friendly. The woman has fled from her suddenly unbearable "college kid" and comes alone to a strange city, anxiously awaiting for someting new and exciting to happen.
