The Art of Fiction: Notes on the Craft for Young Writers
by John Gardner
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394504690
- ISBN 13
- 9780394504698
- Seller
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Swanton, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. HARDCOVER. Dust jacket, now in a clear plastic archival cover, is sunned and soiled with a couple closed tears. Text is unmarked. Strong binding. NOT ex-library.
Synopsis
John Gardner was accorded wide praise for his works of imagination, of criticism, and of scholarship. He was born in 1933 in Batavia, New York. Among the universities at which he taught are Oberlin, San Francisco State, Northwestern, Southern Illinois, Bennington and SUNY-Binghamton. The Art of Fiction was completed before his death in 1982.
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- Bookseller
- Wood Thrush Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1420
- Title
- The Art of Fiction
- Author
- John Gardner
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394504690
- ISBN 13
- 9780394504698
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
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Swanton, Vermont
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Wood Thrush Books is an online bookselling business that specializes in nature writing, natural history, history, religion, philosophy and literature. We carry a good number of collectible, first edition hardcovers in very good condition, often with protected dust jackets.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.