Isbn: 9780971183544 - the search for peter hunt (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Signed by Van Dine on title page. Very mild shelfwear. First edition. Jacket present with negligible wear, unclipped. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo first edition hardcover in near fine condition. Dark blue cloth stamped in gilt on the spine. Upper corners are very lightly bumped. Signed and inscribed by the author, and also signed by Eric Linder, Peter's friend, poet, and proprietor of Yellow Umbrella Books on Cape Cod, MA. The dust jacket is fine with an intact price. Peter Hunt was well known on Cape Cod as a folk artist and colorful character. His art is still loved and collected by many around New England. I recently saw many of his pieces in an auction catalog from Eldred's, due to be sold in an upcoming auction in early summer of 2026. This is a sort of biographical fiction that reads like a novel. Which is fitting for Peter Hunt, whose whole life story was partially invented by himself, while remaining as close as possible to the known true facts and events of Hunt's life. Eric Linder, his friend, quotes from the book in his back cover blurb; "Peter Hunt was a terrible - and wonderful - liar", which he says sums up the life of this extraordinary artist and person. His life was layered with stories, fabrications, and camouflage. Hunt spent most of the latter part of his life in Provincetown, MA., a famous art colony and fishing town at the very tip end of Cape Cod. xiv and 248 pp. Biography, Biographical fiction, Folk Artists, Peter Hunt. Signed by Author(s).…