Namedropping: Mostly Literary Memoirs by Elman, Richard - 1998

1998 hardcover 1st edition 1st printing with full number line. Small tear on dj, inevitable light sunning on edge of cover, some underlining, stain on side edge, else text clean, binding tight.

State University of New York Press, 1998. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. 1998. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 277 p. Audience: General/trade. . No previous owner's name .

Albany, NY, U.S.A.: State University of New York Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0791438791 . New book, unmarked and unread. .

Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. n the course of the same old race I find myself writing about knowing some people--how fame seems to set some people apart from us, once known: I was astonished by Ernest Hemingway's small, weak handshake when we were introduced at Scribners by John Hall Wheelock and by the jolt of force with which Elie Wiesel squeezed my hand. How long ago seems knowing, too: when I first meet Isaac Singer he asks me, "Who is Mr. Saul Bellow?" We're on the Upper West Side in his apartment next to the funeral parlor. A yellow parakeet hops around on Singer's bald forehead. Singer's great comic story of faith, "Gimpel the Fool," has only recently been published from Yiddish into English in a translation by Saul Bellow. They're both still a long way from Stockholm. "Do you know him? Can you tell me who this Mr. Bellow is?" he asks. It was… Read More

Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1998. Hard Cover. 0791438791 . 277 pp. Spine bumped. Jacket has slight edgewear. Elman writes of the various celebrities he has encountered during his 40 year career as a writer and journalist, providing candid portraits and anecdotes.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

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State University of New York Press , pp. 277 . Hardback. Used.

S.U.N. PRESS, 1998. 1. Hardcover. New/New.

SUNY Press, 1998-07-10. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!