A CONSIDERABLE TOWN
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by M.F.K. Fisher on a prefatory blank leaf. In her lifelong appreciation of France, Fisher (1902-92) was always determinedly anti-Parisian, preferring less traveled routes and destinations, as is the case with this celebration of the Mediterranean port city of Marseilles. This entirely new work occupies a significant place in the later Fisher cannon as it was completed during a time when Fisher had begun to doubt that she had much left to say as a writer. Octavo: [xiv], 208, [2] pp. with endpaper maps. Original blue paper-covered boards over a natural cloth spine, with gilt-stamped titles and decorations. Light fading along the extremities of the boards; else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Near fine / Near fine. Item #78060
ISBN: 0394427114
Price: $450.00