The Story of a Novel
by Wolfe, Thomas
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. "Here is the soul of an artist laid bare, with all his hopes, fears, doubts, and aspirations. But it is not only about Mr. Wolfe's own books - it is about all writing and about American writing especially - a book that every one directly interested in the art of fiction must read, and that every one of the many thousands who enjoyed Mr. Wolfe's novels will find permeated with the same 'insatiable and enormous eagerness in life and living' that placed the stamp of genius on his novels..." - from the dust jacket. Ships same or next business day. Previous seller's sticker on bottom of front paste-down with shadow on facing page, corners are rubbed, tail of spine is discolored, covers are lightly soiled. Dust jacket has shelf and edge wear, chipped at spine and corners. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 93 pages .
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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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3861
- Title
- The Story of a Novel
- Author
- Wolfe, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
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- Jacket
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.