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Hawthorne: A Life
by Wineapple, Brenda
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375400443
- ISBN 13
- 9780375400445
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U. S. A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Edition. Includes Bibliographical References, Index And Chapter Notes. The Book Is Bound In Textured Black Paper With Gilt Stamped Lettering And Rule On The Spine. The Book Is In Fine Condition. The Unclipped Jacket Has A Two Inch Horizontal Cut In The Middle Of The Back Flap Fold.
Synopsis
Brenda Wineapple is author of the award-winning Hawthorne: A Life ; Genêt : A Biography of Janet Flanner , and Sister Brother : Gertrude and Leo Stein . She is also the editor of the Selected Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier in the American Poets Series (Library of America.) Her essays, articles and reviews have appeared in many publications, among them The American Scholar, The New York Times Book Review, Parnassus, Poetry, and The Nation. A Guggenheim fellow, a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies, and twice of the National Endowment, she teaches in the MFA programs at Columbia University and The New School and lives in New York City.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036635
- Title
- Hawthorne: A Life
- Author
- Wineapple, Brenda
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0375400443
- ISBN 13
- 9780375400445
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U. S. A.
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 509
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, - 1804-1864; Novelists, American - 19Th Century - Biography; Hawthorne, Nathaniel, - 1804-1864 - Relations With Women. Literary
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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- First Edition
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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