The Story of a Novel
by Wolfe, Thomas
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good condition/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Very Good condition. Endpapers have the usual minor browning along the gutter (slight offset from binder's glue). Otherwise a bright, square, tight copy. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First printing with Scribner seal and "A" on the copyright page. Bound in the original salmon-color cloth with goldstamped lettering over black panels on the spine and front cover. Wolfe's memoir of writing his novels LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL (1929) and OF TIME AND THE RIVER (1935). Among other things, he describes his close working relationship with editor Maxwell Perkins. Only 3,000 copies of this First Edition were printed . See Carol Johnston's THOMAS WOLFE, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY A5.I.a1. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No Jacket. 8vo. viii, 93pp.
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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- Title
- The Story of a Novel
- Author
- Wolfe, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 8vo. viii, 93pp
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