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Look Homeward A Life of Thomas Wolfe
by David Herbert Donald
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0449902862
- ISBN 13
- 9780449902868
- Seller
-
Harwinton, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0449902862 . Large softcover, 577 pages in very good condition, faint wear on covers. !st Ballentine edition, 1st printing. Over 25 black and white photos. This is a definitive and compelling biography, dismantling the myths, and demonstrates that Wolfe was a boldly aware experimental artist, who like James Joyce, William Faulkner, deliberately pushed at the boundaries of the modern novel. This man was complex, starting with his difficult childhood, his rise to fame after repeated rejection and his passionate affair with Aline Bernstein, including their intimate letters.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavender Path Antiques and Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005143
- Title
- Look Homeward A Life of Thomas Wolfe
- Author
- David Herbert Donald
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0449902862
- ISBN 13
- 9780449902868
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- 0449902862, BIOGRAPHY, Thomas Wolfe
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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About the Seller
Lavender Path Antiques and Books
Biblio member since 2005
Harwinton, Connecticut
About Lavender Path Antiques and Books
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