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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THE STORY OF A NOVEL
by Wolfe, Thomas
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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 Item Price
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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." Item Price
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The Story of a Novel
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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 Item Price
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The Story of a Novel
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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. . Item Price
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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 Item Price
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The Story of a Novel
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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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 Item Price
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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. Item Price
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The Story of a Novel
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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 Item Price
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The Story of a Novel
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Henderson, Nevada, USA
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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 Item Price
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The Story of a Novel
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. "Here is the soul of an artist laid bare, with all his hopes, fears, doubts, and aspirations. But it is not only about Mr. Wolfe's own books - it is about all writing and about American writing especially - a book that every… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE STORY OF A NOVEL
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Scribner's. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1936. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; Chipping at top and bottoom of spine on DJ, otherwise NF . Item Price
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The Story of a Novel
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. Cloth. Good/Fair. 8vo. 93 pp. Top corner of front free endpaper has been removed, underlining in pencil throughout, owner's signature in ink. Price-clipped dustjacket is scuffed and torn. A reading copy at best. Item Price
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New York: Charles Scribners' Sons 1936, 1st edition. (Cloth) 93pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. A little browning toward hinges in an unfaded jacket. Johnson A76.. Item Price
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a STORY of a NOVEL *
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New York * * * * * : Charles Scribner's Sons , 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. BooK: Fine/, 1964 . BooK: Fine/, $25.80 a STORY of a NOVEL * WOLFE, Thomas Charles Scribner's Sons New York * * * * * 1964 Appears To Be 1sT… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Story of a Novel
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Woodstock, New York, USA
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Covers lightly soiled.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Item Price
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The Story of a Novel
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. 1st edition . Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 93p.
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The Story of a Novel
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- 1936
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Silverdale, Pennsylvania, USA
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Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1936. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "A" on copyright page, book has minor flaws: moderate tanning to the blank end-papers, moderate bumps (or corner-creasing if you will) to the bottom corners, and a pen-point-sized depression on the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Story of a Novel
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Frederick, Maryland, USA
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Charles Scribner's Sons. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. (American Novelists, Biography) Item Price
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THE STORY OF A NOVEL
by Wolfe, Thomas
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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THE STORY OF A NOVEL, Scribners, 1936, first edition., some light foxing to the t.p.e.'s, else near fine in vg+ dust-wrapper. Item Price
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THE STORY OF A NOVEL
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- 1936
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Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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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 Item Price
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