WRITING IS WORK by RINEHART, Mary Roberts - 1939

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: The Writer, Inc., 1939. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. The acclaimed mystery writer describes early years & evolution as a writer, offering insights into the creative process & the mechanics of bringing life to characters & ideas. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1939, this hardcover book has green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to front cover. Condition is VG: very clean, binding straight & strong, pages moderately tanned, commensurate with age; NO foxing. Former owner's name in neat pen on ffep; NO other writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib. Flaws: rubbing to extremities. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $.75 price intact on front flap) is downgraded to only Fair due to its missing nearly half of the spine & general edgewear all around. Protected in mylar by former owner, which is still clear & clean. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of… Read More

The Writer Inc., Boston, 1939, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 25 pages, 5"x 8". Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876 - 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie.

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WRITING IS WORK, The Writer, 1939, first edition, a fine copy

Boston: The Writer, Inc, 1939. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. Cloth in dust jacket, book very good, jacket good plus with light wear and soil, small chip to top of back panel.

The Writer, Inc, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. the jacket is scuffed and chipped. some scribbling on the front. small sticker. all 25 pages are clean and intact. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Boston: The Writer, Inc, 1939. First edition. Cloth. Very Good in Good DJ. 8vo, 25 pp. Covers a bit darkened and lightly rubbed at head and heel of spine and corners, pages tanned. Jacket priceclipped, sunned, edgeworn, with chipping mainly to spine panel.

Boston: The Writer, Inc., 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Near fine. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamped to front cover, slightly faded. No dust jacket. Binding square and tight. Internally clean. An essay by the noted suspense author on her experiences of, and approach to, the craft of writing.

Boston: The Writer, Inc, 1939. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo, bound in full red leather gilt, very good, light rubbing and dryness to joints, pages quite tanned. With sticker on rear pastedown from Preservation Technologies stating this was deacidified with their patented process. We purchased a large number of similarly bound Rinehart books from a local institution that was deaccessioning duplicates and were told that these were Rinehart family copies, but have no proof of this.