The Field of Vision

New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1956). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 251 pp. Original full charcoal cloth-covered boards, stamped in silver, orange, in original unclipped ($3.50) dust-jacket. Light edge wear, particular to spine ends and corners. Handling and shelf wear very minor. Mild toning to spine. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light handling wear present. Corners mostly quite sharp. Minimal toning to page edges. Light curling to spine ends. Interior clean and unmarked.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Near Fine

“The Field of Vision is a 1956 novel by Wright Morris, written in the style of high modernism. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1957. Morris received numerous honors in addition to the National Book Awards for The Field of Vision and Plains Song. He was granted Guggenheim Fellowships in 1942, 1946, and 1954. In 1975, he won the Mari Sandoz Award recognizing "significant, enduring contribution to the Nebraska book world".