Fabricating Lives: Explorations in American Autobiography by Leibowitz, Herbert - 1989-09-09

Knopf, 1989-09-09. hardcover. Acceptable. 9x6x1.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1989. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

xxvi+386 pages with bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter beige cloth with silver lettering to spine over red boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. In this fresh and provocative approach to the reading of autobiography, Herbert Leibowitz explores the self-portraits of eight Americans whose lives span almost two centuries and encompass a stunning range of personality and circumstances: Benjamin Franklin, Louis Sullivan, Jane Addams, Emma Goldman, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Richard Wright, and Edward Dahlberg. In pursuit of clues to both the human essence and the literary artifice of each, he examines their styles (Franklin s plain talk and possum s wit, Sullivan s gilded abstractions, Stein s gossipy ventriloquism, Williams s grumpy clowning and foxy innocence), their metaphors, and their choices of incident, looking beyond their visions of themselves to their true identities. Condition: Near fine in like jacket.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc,, 1989. Book. Illus. by Photographs. Good. Hardcover. 5th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. G/G, used hc, xi-xxv, 386 pgs. Three quarter red paper over boards with silver text on white cloth around spine; slight shelf wear to head and tail of spine. Illustrated dust jacket with white text on upper, and black text on spine; minor edge wear, tape repair to tears at head of spine; yellow stain in center of lower; not price clipped. Gift inscription on ffep. Interior pages clean, unmarked, no highlighting or creases. Binding is tight..

Knopf, 1989-09-09. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Knopf, September 1989. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Some light dust jacket wear; a very nice copy of book. A critical analysis on American autobiographies. 385 pages..

Knopf,, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Remainder mark. Ends of spine bumped, shelfwear. DJ has a small spot of sticker residue and shelfwear. Price clipped.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Softcover. 0394574281 . DJ has slight crease to rear upper edge. .