Search Results: the story of a novel by wolfe thomas

Independently published, 2017. Paperback. New. 64 pages. 7.95x5.00x0.47 inches.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Hardcover. Good. . Fading/shelf wear to jacket, in mylar. General shelf/age wear. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

New York: Scribner's Sons, 1936. 1971 printing. HC w DJ. MV VG+/VG. Cloth, titling bright, light spotting to top-edge, FO name to FFEP, tight, some leaves unopened. Unclipped DJ ($5.95) toned, some stains, light edgewear, small closed tears. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.

Scribner's, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo in lavender cloth, titles in black. Spine ends pushed but not rubbed. The dustjacket is not price-clipped, very light rubbing at the corners and spine ends.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 93 pages. In Fair plus condition with a Poor dust jacket. Spine is brown with black print. Dust jacket has tears to all edges with large portion of front panel torn away, toning to spine, peripheral toning, smudging/shelf wear. Price unclipped: "$1.50". Boards in brown cloth with gold print on black banner. Tear to spine head, peripheral toning, toning to front area where the dust jacket had been torn away. Text block has b&w photo (portrait) from news clipping pasted on to front flyleaf, tanning to endpapers. 1373528. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. "How does a great novel come into being? What is its genesis? How does it develop?...These and similar questions often come to the mind of every reader of fiction-and they have never been answered with such frankness, honesty , and conviction as in this brief "credo" of an outstanding American novelist." 93 pp. Published in 1936, stated "D-7-58[MH]" on copyright page. Lavender cloth covers. DJ in Good+ condition with chipping/browning to edges, discoloration on front, tear to spine ends and larger tear on spine, not price-clipped. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed, spine ends are bent and starting to fray. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition.. Cloth. Very Good/Good+. Size: Approx. 4 3/4" x 7 3/4". Memoir.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Covers lightly soiled.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Very Good condition. Endpapers have the usual minor browning along the gutter (slight offset from binder's glue). Otherwise a bright, square, tight copy. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First printing with Scribner seal and "A" on the copyright page. Bound in the original salmon-color cloth with goldstamped lettering over black panels on the spine and front cover. Wolfe's memoir of writing his novels LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL (1929) and OF TIME AND THE RIVER (1935). Among other things, he describes his close working relationship with editor Maxwell Perkins. Only 3,000 copies of this First Edition were printed . See Carol Johnston's THOMAS WOLFE, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY A5.I.a1. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No Jacket. 8vo. viii, 93pp.

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 .

NY.: Scribner's., 1936. Rose cloth. Lacks front endpaper, gutter of 1/2 title soiled, else VG+/no dj. Small 8vo.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. 1st edition . Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 93p.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with Scribner's "A" on copyright page. 7 3/4" X 5". 93pp. Unclipped dust jacket presents nicely in protective archival sleeve. Wear to jacket with rubbing, toning, and light creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Sunning to spine of jacket. Gentle rubbing and bumps to corners and edges of red cloth over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to endpapers. Bookplate belonging to Harry C. Kelly to front paste-down. Occasional penciled underlining and notation to pages. Notation does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: 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.… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First British edition. Light foxing on page edges, near fine in a very good in a very good dust jacket with internal foxing and minimal tape repair on the chipped edges, spine sunned.

Charles Scribner's Sons. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. (American Novelists, Biography)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Small octavo. Remainder stripe on the bottom of the page edges, near fine lacking the dustwrapper. Inscribed by Tony Award-winning theater producer and director John Wulp to Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes. Seldes has noted the day of presentation as "John Wulp's party. Aug. 23, 1979.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition, First Printing [Scribner's "A" present on verso]. Hardcover. Good/Good. [8], 93, [1] pages. DJ has some wear, tears, and soiling. Some endpaper discoloration. The text of this book, with certain modifications, first appeared in a series of three articles in the Saturday Review of Literature in December, 1935. Thomas Clayton Wolfe (October 3, 1900 - September 15, 1938) was an American novelist of the early 20th century. Wolfe wrote four lengthy novels as well as many short stories, dramatic works, and novellas. He is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodic, and impressionistic prose with autobiographical writing. His books, written and published from the 1920s to the 1940s, vividly reflect on American culture and the mores of that period, filtered through Wolfe's sensitive, sophisticated, and hyper-analytical perspective. After Wolfe's death, contemporary author William Faulkner said that Wolfe may have been the greatest talent… Read More

Charles Scribners, NY, 1936. HBDJ, 1936, 1st edition, with A & colophone on copyright page,minor rub & wear DJ,Light soil back DJ & few small pieces from DJ along spine & iny chips DJ, Interior Light Soil some pgs O/W Nice, Tight Clean, Rose Cloth cover with Gold Gilt minor rub & Wear, 93 pgs,VG-/G, AS-IS. First Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 93p octavo A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Nicked at the crown, Name on inside front panel "Margaret R Roberts, New York City April 1936" laid in is a 3x5 card from a dealer in which he states April was the month of publication.

THE STORY OF A NOVEL, Scribners, 1936, first edition., some light foxing to the t.p.e.'s, else near fine in vg+ dust-wrapper.

Scribners, 1936. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing with the Scribner's seal and "A" on the copyright page. A very nice example of Wolfe's memoir of his working relationship with his editor at Scribners, Maxwell Perkins. A near fine book in a near fine, price-intact jacket. Bookseller's tag to the rear pastedown. Minor wear to the jacket, light fading to the spine.