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About Schmidt (SIGNED)
by Begley, Louis
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0679450335
- ISBN 13
- 9780679450337
- Seller
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Monkton, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
HARDCOVER. SIGNED in Person at the Book Signing Event. ABOUT SCHMIDT by Louis Begley (1996). SIGNED to the Full Title page by Louis Begley, the author. Brand New and Never owned. This is a First Edition, Fourth Printing copy as stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket is in Brand New condition with no issues. The book has no tears, marks, creases, library markings, or black lines on the edges. The bottom of the book has a small red dot. Not inscribed to anyone. Not price-clipped, not a Book Club Edition (BCE), or signed on a bookplate. True Collectible Quality. First Edition, Fourth Printing copy, hand SIGNED to the Full Title page. No inscription; full signature only. From an event in New York City on March 15, 2012, at the Barnes & Noble Book Talk & Signing Event with Louis Begley. FREE: A seven-page biographical essay, "My Europe", by Louis Begley is included. FREE USPS Media Mail Shipping in the United States & Territories. This book will be carefully wrapped and shipped with free delivery confirmation. **** Louis Begley: Author of the novels Schmidt Steps Back; As Max Saw It; The Man Who Was Late, Matters of Honor, Mistler's Exit, Schmidt Delivered, Shipwreck, and Wartime Lies. About Schmidt was published on September 3, 1996. ISBN: 978-0679-4503-37. BS000898.
Synopsis
Louis Begley is the author of four novels. Wartime Lies , which was written when he was in his mid-fifties, was followed by The Man Who Was Late, As Max Saw It , and About Schmidt . He is currently finishing a fifth novel. Begley has another life, that of a lawyer. He is a senior partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, one of America's most prestigious firms, and is the head of its international practice. Wartime Lies was the winner of the PEN Hemingway Award, The Irish Times Aer Lingus International Prize, and the Prix Medicis Etranger, France's most coveted prize for fiction in translation. It was a National Book Award, Los Angeles Times Book Award, and National Book Critics' Circle Award finalist. About Schmidt was likewise a National Book Critics' Circle Award and Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist. Begley has received the American Academy of Letters prize for literature and numerous other awards. Begley was born in Stryj, a town that was Polish and is now part of Ukraine, in 1933. Being Jewish, he survived the German occupation by pretending, with the help of false identification papers, to be a Catholic Pole. Begley and his parents left Poland in 1946 and settled in New York in 1947. Begley graduated from Harvard College in 1954, and after having served in the U.S. army, from Harvard Law School in 1959. Since 1974, Begley has been married to Anka Muhlstein, a prize-winning French author of biographies and other historical works. The combined family includes five grown children. His are a painter and sculptor, a book critic, and an art historian. Hers are a foreign relations specialist and a television journalist.
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- Bookseller
- Charm City Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BS000898
- Title
- About Schmidt (SIGNED)
- Author
- Begley, Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679450335
- ISBN 13
- 9780679450337
- Publisher
- Knopf; 1st edition (September 3, 1996)
- Place of Publication
- UNITED STATES
- Date Published
- Sep 03, 1996
- Keywords
- FAMILY SAGA, FICTION, CONTEMPORARY
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED BOOKS;
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