Reading Myself and Others
by Roth, Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed and soiled.
- ISBN 10
- 0374247536
- ISBN 13
- 9780374247539
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed and soiled.. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374247536 . xiii, 270pp. Green cloth binding. A collection of the late writer's first collection of non-fiction, consisting of articles, essays, and interviews, predominantly about his life and writings, but also about Kafka, Milan Kundera, Alan Lelchuk, the New Public Library, baseball, and Cambodia. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Reading Myself and Others (1975) is an anthology of essays, interviews and criticism by the author Philip Roth. The first half of the book is built mainly upon Roth's assessment of his own published works at the time of the anthology's publication. The second half of the volume consists of essays and introductions by Roth about other authors.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45825
- Title
- Reading Myself and Others
- Author
- Roth, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed and soiled.
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0374247536
- ISBN 13
- 9780374247539
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- 0374247536, Philip Roth, NONFICTION, ESSAYS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories and Essays;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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