From Puzzles to Portraits: Problems of a Literary Biographer by Clifford, James L - 1970

University of North Carolina Press, 1970. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The University of North Carolina Press, 1970. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1970. No Edition Remarks. 151 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages have light foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1970. First. hardcover. near fine/very good. 151pp. 8vo, blue cloth, slightly edgeworn d.w. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, (1970). A near fine copy in a very good wrapper.<br/><br/>

London / Chapel Hill, NC: Oxford University Press / University of North Carolina Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Pictorial jacket. 151 pp. Pictorial frontispiece. Small price inscr. to inside jacket flap, otherwise clean and bright. VG+ / VG

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed and worn.. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Navy cloth titled in gilt on spine. ix, 151pp. Notes, index. A discussion of the literary biographer's craft, including anecdotes about Clifford's literary sleuthing for his biographies of Samuel Johnson and Mrs. Thrale-Piozzi. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London/U.S.A.: The University of North Carolina Press/Oxford University Press, 1970. Hardback. Light Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. Part One - Finding the Evidence. 'Outside' Versus 'Inside' Research. The Vague Footnote. The Welsh Farmhouse. The Paralyzed Old Lady. A Few other Caes. Part Two - Putting the Pieces Together. Testing Authenticity. Form - Types of Biography. The Biographer's Involvement. How Much Should a Biographer Tell? Notes. Index. 151 pp. ( We carry a wide selection of titles in sci fi fantasy and horror, The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harback.

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University of North Carolina Press, 2011. Paperback. New. 168 pages. 8.75x5.25x0.50 inches.

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Paperback / softback. New. The first part of this fascinating account of a biographer's problems tells of the adventures of one biographer in tracking down clues in several parts of the world - accidental discovery, long pursuit of a watward detail, and suggestions of new ways of turning up evidence. The second part deals more generally with problems faced by all biographers.