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THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY
by WHITE, Edmund
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with review slip and flyer laid in of the final volume of White's autobiographical trilogy.
Synopsis
Edmund White was born in Cincinnati in 1940. He has taught literature and creative writing at Yale, Johns Hopkins, New York University and Columbia, was a full professor of English at Brown and served as executive director of the New York Institute for the Humanities. In 1983 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Award for Literature from the National Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1993 he was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres. For his last book, Genet: A Biography (1993), he was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Lambda Literary Award. His other books include Forgetting Elena, Nocturnes for the King of Naples, States of Desire: Travels in Gay America, A Boy's Own Story, Caracole and The Beautiful Room Is Empty. He lives in Paris. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 007691
- Title
- THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY
- Author
- WHITE, Edmund
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Modern First Editions, Gay Literature, Autobiography, AIDS, Edmund White, Fictional Memoir, Modern Firsts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gay Literature; Advance Review Copy; Fictional Memoir;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Advance Review Copy
- Advance Review Copy, a specially printed copy of the book, generally paperback, which has been produced and distributed by the...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
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