A Common Life Four Generations of American Literary Friendship and Influence
by David Laskin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0671724193
- ISBN 13
- 9780671724191
- Seller
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Harwinton, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0671724193 . Hardcover, 460 pages in near fine condition with very good dustjacket, faint rubbing to dustjacket. 1st edition, 1st printing. Nathiel Hawthorne and herman Melville, Henry James and Edith Wharton, Katherine Anne Porter and Eudora Welty, Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell: 4 friendships spanning most of the history of American literature that yielded immeasurable riches to 8 of our most important writers. A delightful, unnusual and often illuminating study of the kind of influences wrought on 8 famous American writers.; Remainder; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavender Path Antiques and Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003776
- Title
- A Common Life Four Generations of American Literary Friendship and Influence
- Author
- David Laskin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671724193
- ISBN 13
- 9780671724191
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- 0671724193, AUTHORS, AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lavender Path Antiques and Books
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Harwinton, Connecticut
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