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Why Write? by Auster, Paul - 1996

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Why Write? by Auster, Paul - 1996

Why Write?

by Auster, Paul

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Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo. 58pp. First edition. Red cloth with gilt spine titles. One of 450 unsigned hardcover copies. F/NF. One spot of soiling and a light scratch to top of textblock, else fine. In a lightly rubbed jacket with crumpling at spine ends and a few light scratches to rear panel. A collection of brief essays.

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  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Burning Deck
  • Place of Publication Providence, RI
  • Date Published 1996

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Why Write

Why Write

by AUSTER, Paul

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Providence: Burning Deck, 1996. Softcover. Fine. First edition, wrappered issue. 12mo. 64pp. Fine in wrappers in original shrink wrap. Limited to 2000 copies. Anecdotes from Paul Auster's life, and those of his friends, that illustrate why he writes.
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Why Write

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Burning Deck, 1996. Paperback. Good. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; the soft cover shows a line of scuffing along the left front and several pinpoint surface chips, as well as light shelfwear around edges, but is overall clean and sound. 58pp.; 12mo.
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by Auster, Paul

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Providence: Burning Deck, 1996. First edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.. Limited to 500 hardcover copies.
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Why Write?: Essays by Paul Auster

by Paul Auster

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Fine hardback in as fine jacket. First edition, first printing. Limited to 500 unnumbered hardcover copies. A lovely undread copy in mylar jacket protector. Burning Deck: Providence, 1996.
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Why Write

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Providence: Burning Deck, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, hardcover issue. 12mo. 64pp. Touch of offsetting to the edge of the first page, else fine in fine dust jacket. One of 500 hardcover copies. Anecdotes from Paul Auster's life, and those of his friends, that illustrate why he writes.
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Why Write?

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Providence: Burning Deck. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket, vignettes from his childhood. Only 500 copies of the hardcover edition were issued. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 58 pp .
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Why Write?

by Paul Auster

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Providence: Burning Deck, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in dust jacket. Signed by Auster on the title-page.
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Why Write

Why Write

by AUSTER, Paul

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Providence: Burning Deck, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, clothbound trade issue. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Anecdotes from Paul Auster's life, and those of his friends, that illustrate why he writes. Limited to 500 unnumbered hardcover copies (of a total edition of 2550 copies: 2000 in wrappers, 500 clothbound snf unnumbered, and an additional 50 clothbound copies numbered and signed by Auster).
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Why Write

by Auster, Paul

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Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, hardbound signed on the title page, one of only 450 hardbound trade copies in wrappers.
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