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I Wanted to Write by Roberts, Kenneth - 1949

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I Wanted to Write by Roberts, Kenneth - 1949

I Wanted to Write

by Roberts, Kenneth

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NY: Doubleday, 1949. First Edition. hardcover. Bump to lower corners, VG+ in a VG Dust Jacket An intimate, entertaining account of how an author lives and works." Autobiography by the author of NORTHWEST PASSAGE
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  • Publisher Doubleday
  • Place of Publication NY
  • Date Published 1949

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I Wanted to Write

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Down East, 1977. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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I Wanted to Write

by Kenneth Roberts

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Down East, 1977. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Lewiston, ME: Twin City Printery, 1977 Book. Good. Soft cover. "An intimate, entertaining account of how an author lives and works", by the esteemed author Kenneth Roberts. Cover has soils, moreso on the back cover..
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I WANTED TO WRITE

by ROBERTS, Kenneth

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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/price-clipped dj. Octavo, 471 pages + ads, beige cloth; cellophane tape repair to lower right corner of dj, several nicks How an author lives and works. He also details facts about his occasional collaborator, Booth Tarkington.
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I Wanted To Write

I Wanted To Write

by Roberts, Kenneth

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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1949. First Edition. First Printing Near fine in tan cloth covered boards with a gilt on red background title block on the spine and with gilt stamped "KR" on the front board and map end papers. The The cloth at the upper edge of the spine area shows a minor 1/16 inch deep closed tear. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with rubbing and wear and flecking of the colors to the ends of the spine area, a 1/2 inch chip to the upper fore corner of the rear panel and small chips over the tips of the boards. The closest title by Roberts to his autobiography. 471 pages of text and an index followed by several pages of ads.
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I Wanted to Write

by Kenneth Roberts

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Signed on the half-title page by the President and two other members of the National Fourth Infantry Division Association (IVY). Gilt lettering in brown spine title block on tan covers. Map ( Siberian AEF] end papers. 8vo, 471pp. plus ads.
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I WANTED TO WRITE

by Roberts, Kenneth

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I WANTED TO WRITE, Doubleday, 1949, first edition., fine in near fine dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear to the head of the dust-wrapper spine. SIGNED by the author on a tipped in page.
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I Wanted to Write (First Edition with Signed Bookplate)
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I Wanted to Write (First Edition with Signed Bookplate)

by Kenneth Roberts

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Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good-. Book Signed by Author. Well-preserved copy of Roberts' account of the research for and writing of his novels featuring a signed bookplate pasted on the front paste-down. Roberts was always generous in signing books for his readers, but by the mid- to late-1940s had switched to provided signed bookplates, rather than having the books sent to him for signing. For all of his adult life Roberts kept a small diary with daily entries. He drew from those and his correspondence and research files to provide a detailed description of his process of tracking down details to provide the most accurate accounts he could in his novels. There is a lengthy appendix (90+ pages) that includes: the transcript of the diary of Henry Sewall from the Revolutionary War, the transcript of a letter by Capt. Daniel Merrill from Saratoga in 1777, a complaint about the Pulitzer Prize committee that… Read More
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I Wanted To Write

I Wanted To Write

by Roberts, Kenneth

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Garden Cty: Doubleday & Company, 1949. First Edition. Near fine in tan, linen covered boards with a gilt on read text block on the spine with decorated map end papers with the spine slightly tanned and at bump to the upper corner of the spine. In a fine jacket with the price intact but a later issue jacket with a price of $5.95 on the flap. Signed on a Kenneth Roberts book plate and tipped on to the second free end page. 471 pages including an index followed by several pages of ads for Roberts' books. The closest thing to Roberts' autobiography.
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