How to Write.
by Leacock, Stephen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1943. Hardcover. near fine. 1st edition. vii,261 pp.pp. Octavo. Original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Dust wrapper is missing a 1 inch triangle from the rear panel. Wrapper is slightly faded and has a few small chips on the top of the spine. Jacket is price clipped. near fine Spadoni A96. Leacock covers all of the aspects of writing with his usual wit. We especially like the chapters; How Not to Write Poetry and How Not to Write More Poetry! 1943
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129741
- Title
- How to Write.
- Author
- Leacock, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Canadian Fiction|Canadian Literature
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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