A Line Out for a Walk by Epstein, Joseph

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 1991. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Norton, 1991. First Edition. Hardback, Dustjacket. Very good, small amount of curling/wear on front c.

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1991-04-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8x5x1. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Inked notation on rear inside pastedown. Dj lightly shelf worn with small tears. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.

New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards, green titles on tan cloth over spine & not quite half of boards, 331 pp. Slight rubbing to spine ends, else fine. DJ has just noticeable edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. A familiar essay is one in which the author starts with a subject - that is the line - and then rambles on wherever it takes him. In the hands of a good writer such as Epstein, they tend to make entertaining reading, filled with amusement and surprising insights: "Hell, I assume, will be full of newspapers, with a fresh edition every thirty seconds," brings the World Wide Web to mind, except on the Web you don't have to wait thirty seconds for a new edition. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The fourth collection of the author's essays, taking out such widlly various 'lines' as gossip, gambling, height, hats, compulsive reading, much more, all taken on the author's 'walk' on the leash of his own viewpoints. Hardcover with dust jacket, 331pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1991-04-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1991. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 331, [5] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Includes A Note on the Title; You Probably Don't Know Me; The Gentle Art of the Resounding Pub-Down; The Bore Wars; Autodidact; Quotations: Confessions of a Low Roller; Calm and Uncollected; Short Subject; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; "And That's What I Like About the South"; The Man in the Green Hat; A Few Kind Words for Envy; Waiter, There's a Paragraph in My Soup!, Entre Nous; Money Is Funny; and Dancing in the Darts. Essays deal with fame, insults, boredom, teaching, quotations, gamblers, scouting, height, smoking, fate, hats, envy, reading, gossip, money, and illness. Joseph Epstein (born January 9, 1937) is an American writer who was the editor of the magazine The American Scholar from 1975 to 1997. His essays and stories have appeared in books and other publications. Epstein's works… Read More