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The Story of a Novel
by Wolfe, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1936. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. First edition, first printing (Scribner's "A" on copyright page). Publisher's full salmon cloth, gilt lettering on black panels on spine and cover. "Strange the impression left after reading this little book on how he came to write Of Time and the River is virtually that of "briefing" his own book. It is more than an expanded essay on manner and method and theory -- it epitomizes the conception and the birth pangs of the book itself -- and it reflects the content of the writer's "struggle in his youth." the Story of a Novel has been accepted as a most important contribution to the writings of Thomas Wolfe, a book not only for readers of Wolfe, but for all concerned with processes of literary creation." - Kirkus. Slight offsetting on endpapers, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped ($1.50) dust jacket, now in Mylar, is sunned along the spine with slight wear at the head and heel, and lightly chipped along the top edge, else near fine. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. (viii), 93 pp .
Synopsis
The Story of a Novel is a revised version of a lecture Wolfe gave at a writer's conference in Boulder, Colorado.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29420
- Title
- The Story of a Novel
- Author
- Wolfe, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Literature;, First Edition;, Thomas Wolfe;, Novels;, Books About Books;
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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