The Story Of a Novel

by Wolfe, Thomas

The Story of a Novel is a revised version of a lecture Wolfe gave at a writer's conference in Boulder, Colorado. 

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition in bound in salmon cloth, lettering to spine and front cover glit over black. Small Octavo. 93pp. 

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Small Octavo. 93pp. Bound in salmon cloth, lettering to spine and front cover gilt over black, some off-setting to endpapers, previous owner's name otherwise near fine in unclipped dust jacket browned along the spine and edges of rear panel, minor light chipping… Read more about this item
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Small octavo. Remainder stripe on the bottom of the page edges, near fine lacking the dustwrapper. Inscribed by Tony Award-winning theater producer and director John Wulp to Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes. Seldes has noted the day of presentation as "John Wulp's party. Aug. 23, 1979."
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (19.5cm). Original pale red cloth, titled in gilt on black panels on front and spine, in original orange jacket; plain endpapers; [viii], 93pp; ads to rear and rear flap of jacket. Tight and square, with slight discoloration to endpapers: Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced $1.50); spine sunned, rear… Read more about this item
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Charles Scribner, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: . 93 pages. Some discoloring to the covers and pages; a good sound binding; no jacket. "A" on the copyright page. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literary Criticism & Essays; Inventory No: 201041. .
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 93p octavo A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Nicked at the crown, Name on inside front panel "Margaret R Roberts, New York City April 1936" laid in is a 3x5 card from a dealer in which he states April was… Read more about this item
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New York: Scribner's Sons, 1936. 1971 printing. HC w DJ. MV VG+/VG. Cloth, titling bright, light spotting to top-edge, FO name to FFEP, tight, some leaves unopened. Unclipped DJ ($5.95) toned, some stains, light edgewear, small closed tears. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE… Read more about this item
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Sound binding; age tonned spine with no title. Very Good + Clean text, neat name in upper corner of free end paper. Schribner's A on back of title page.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover Cloth. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Heinemann, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1936. No Edition Remarks. 93 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Heavy tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen and pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper with heavier foxing and tanning to text block edges. Binding is loose. Boards have visible handling marks and rubbing with moderate… Read more about this item
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Very Good condition. Endpapers have the usual minor browning along the gutter (slight offset from binder's glue). Otherwise a bright, square, tight copy. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First printing… Read more about this item
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. "How does a great novel come into being? What is its genesis? How does it develop?...These and similar questions often come to the mind of every reader of fiction-and they have never been answered with such frankness, honesty , and conviction as in this brief "credo" of an outstanding American novelist." 93 pp.… Read more about this item
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