The Forms Of Fiction

NY, Random House, 1962, first edition, first printing.. No dust jacket, this is John Gardner's first book, preceding his The Resurrection by four years, it is essentially a text book written while he was an English professor at Chico State College, Signed by Gardner, it includes John Steinbeck's The Chrysanthemums, pages 248-258, text from The Long Valley, Goldstone &… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. Fifth printing. Spine rubbed, very good, lacking the rare dustwrapper. Nicholas Delbanco's copy, with his address sticker applied to the front pastedown. Gardner and acclaimed novelist and critic Delbanco first forged a friendship when Delbanco hosted Gardner during a reading tour at Bennington College in 1974. Delbanco ended up… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Large Octavo. John Gardner's first book. A very good+ copy bound in yellow paper covered boards. Minimal cover edge wear, spotting top edge. No dust jacket as issued. x, 657 pp.

Random House, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 657 pages. John Garner's first book, a textbook for English students consisting of an introductory essay on forms of fictional narratives, followed by an anthology of short stories by Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Katherine Anne Porter, Mark Twain, et al. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Printed papercovered boards. Corners rubbed, a near fine copy without dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed by co-author John Gardner: "For Janet Turner - for reading on winter nights when no owls are out - John." Gardner's first book, a textbook. The fragile papercovered boards tend to be well-worn when encountered.… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Ownership signature of novelist Jerre Mangione, corners rubbed, a very good copy in a very good, price-clipped dustwrapper with small nicks and tears, and a bit of soiling. The author's first book, a college textbook. The only copy we've seen in a printed jacket.