Contemporary Novelists. by Vinson, James (ed.)

VINSON, James. CONTEMPORARY NOVELISTS. New York: St. Martin's, 1976. 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. Second edition. Two inch tear in spine, else very good in very worn dust jacket. With 1,637 pages.

St. Martin's Press, NY, 1973, 2d printing small 4to hardbound. Fair condition: rear hinge has let go, but contents are still together and intact and covers function. A useful reference. 600 novelists are listed. entries include a biography, A FULL BIBLIOGRAPHY, the location of manuscript collections.. Hardcover.

St James, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Unmarked. Front hinge a little loose. The unclipped dj has some wear to top edges. This heavy book will incur a little extra postage.

London / New York: St. James Press / St. Martin's Press, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second edition. Preface by Walter Allen. Associate editor D. L. Kirkpatrick. Tall octavo. 1,636pp. Short tears at the crown and loss at the spine base, very good in a clipped (price in dollars remains), about very good dust jacket with slight loss at the spine ends and a couple of short tears.

London/New York: St. James/St. Martin's, 1976. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. thick 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xvii+(i), 1636 pages. Second edition. Spine of jacket lightly wrinkled and faded, head of spine lightly chipped. Else a fine copy. Issued as volume 2 of the series "Contemporary Writers of the English Language." Preface by Walter Allen. An extensive and authoritative reference guide to more than 600 novelists and short story writers. Each entry contains: a biography, full bibliography, locations of manuscript collections, comments by many of the novelists on their own work, followed by a signed essay by one of more than 200 critics.

London/New York: St. James press/St. Martin's press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Second Edition. Hard Cover. xvii, 1636pp; volume 2 of the series Contemporary Writers of the English Language; Ex-Library; 235 x 170mm .