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Words Still Count With Me: A Chronicle of Literary Conversations
by Mitgang, Herbert
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393038807
- ISBN 13
- 9780393038804
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: W.W. Norton & Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book As New with a Near Fine Dust Jacket. A testament to the power of written language. Features interviews with dozens of 20th century authors who represent the best in their fields of fact and fiction--E. B. White, Saul Bellow, Samuel Beckett, Dame Rebecca West, Vladimir Nabokov--to name just a few. A celebration of the written word. Fine binding of black half cloth with bright and sharp gilt titles, bright yellow-gold paper-wrapped boards, spotless, tight, solid, square. Internals also as new. Clean and unmarked jacket , not clipped, has slight wrinkling around spine head and heel. 320 pages with index. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. W.W. Norton, New York, 1995.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022339
- Title
- Words Still Count With Me: A Chronicle of Literary Conversations
- Author
- Mitgang, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393038807
- ISBN 13
- 9780393038804
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- 20TH CENTURY AUTHORS; LITERATURE; LITERARY HISTORY AND CRITICISM;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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The Parnassus BookShop
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