RUINED BY READING -- A Life in Books
by Schwartz, Lynne Sharon
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine to Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0807070831
- ISBN 13
- 9780807070833
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Beacon Press Books, 1996. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Trade Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. A moving memoir of this novelist's passion for reading, her lifelong love affair with books; Fifth Printing of the First Paperback Edition; text is clean, tight, square in red printed wrappers showing only very minimal surface and edgewear. A treat for any reader.
Synopsis
Lynne Sharon Schwartz is author of the acclaimed novels The Fatigue Artist, Leaving Brooklyn , and Disturbances in the Field . She lives in New York City.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002495
- Title
- RUINED BY READING -- A Life in Books
- Author
- Schwartz, Lynne Sharon
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine to Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus, Later Printing.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0807070831
- ISBN 13
- 9780807070833
- Publisher
- Beacon Press Books
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- BOOKS, BIOGRAPHY, READING, MEMOIR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/criticism; Biography/Memoirs; Miscellaneous;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
Glossary
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...