Night Freight
Portland OR: Breitenbush Books, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Item #2606038
1st printing. Cloth. 141pp. Laid in glossy b/w card from publishers featuring Rice in a night gown and night cap with a stack of books on his arm, under the caption, "Take An Author To Bed," a promo with explanation on the reverse. Second book by the author of A HEAVEN IN THE EYE. "... a book that exemplifies the language, land, and social drives of the Great Depression... explores the paradox of a man in love with both the elevations of art and the blue-collar life and work ethic, nowhere more evident that on a freezing trip through the mountains on a freight train bound for home." This is a great Pacific Northwest memoir that has for too long flown under the radar. This is the true first edition, not the Far Corner press reprint. Very, very scarce in this nice, as new condition. Fine in dj.
Price: $75.00