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CONROY, Pat (1945-2016). The Water Is Wide. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972.
8vo. Illustrated with photos. Original full red cloth, spine lettered in blue and white (minor rubbing to spine, one small spot to upper margin of front endleaves and a few following leaves); original dust jacket (jacket spine a bit sunned, some edgewear and a few small marginal tears, some faint soiling to panels, and faint dampstaining to foot of spine).
FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR’S SECOND BOOK IN THE FIRST STATE JACKET (the correct price of $6.95 and “0672” on the front flap). It is the basis of the film Conrack (1974), starring Jon Voight and Paul Winfield, directed by Martin Ritt.