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The Salon.Com. Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors, An Opinionated, Irreverent Look at the Most Fascinating Writers of Our Time
by Miller, Laura and Begley, Adam (edited by)
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 014028088X
- ISBN 13
- 9780140280883
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About This Item
New York : Penguin Books, 2000. First edition . Softcover. Good Condition. Large quarto. Binding is tight and spine intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean Card cover corners are slightly bumped and there is some slight rubbing on the spine An alphabetically organized guide to 225 of the most interesting authors of the twentieth century features biographical profiles, reviews, and bibliographies of writers ranging from Margaret Atwood and Paul Auster to Alice Walker and Tobias Wolff, along with essays and recommended reading lists by some of these noted authors. B & W illustrations
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56168
- Title
- The Salon.Com. Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors, An Opinionated, Irreverent Look at the Most Fascinating Writers of Our Time
- Author
- Miller, Laura and Begley, Adam (edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 014028088X
- ISBN 13
- 9780140280883
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 455
- Size
- Large quarto
- Keywords
- Modern Literature writers. literature. literary, authors
- X weight
- 900.000 kg
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