Terrains of the Heart and Other Essays on Home [Author Inscribed]

Oxford, Miss.: Yoknapatawpha Press, Oxford, 1981. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Octavo in blue cloth boards; xiii, 265 pages; 22 cm Very good (+) to near fine, pages clean and bright and binding tight; a tad bumped at head and foot of spine, small mark on rear upper edge of boards. Lacks jacket. . Hardcover. ISBN: 0916242234

Inscribed by author and publisher (Larry Stells) on front preliminaries. Inscribee's name obfuscated (on photo only) for sake of privay. A collection of 21 distinguished biographical essays by one of America's most revered authors; arranged chronologically as Willie Morris moved across America from New York City to Bridgehampton, in eastern Long Island, to Washington, D.C., as journalist in residence at the Washington Star newspaper; and finally, his return in 1980 to his native Mississippi to serve as writer in residence at Ole Miss.

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