The Paris Edition: The Autobiography of Waverley Root 1927-1934.
by Root, Waverley; Abt, Samuel (editor)
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0865472769
- ISBN 13
- 9780865472761
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Langley, Washington, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco:: North Point Press,, 1987.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's original promotional release laid in. This is the previously unpublished memoirs of Waverly Root who was a reporter, editor, and food writer who worked for the Paris Edition of the Chicago Tribune from the late 20s and the early 30s. Root writes of Lindbergh's landing in Paris, the expatriate community of Montparnasse with such figures as Hemingway, Henry Miller, Gertrude Stein, Elliot Paul, as well as the events and places of the day that he saw through his work as a writer with The Daily Miracle: The Paris Edition.
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- Seller
- Gregor Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 23147
- Title
- The Paris Edition: The Autobiography of Waverley Root 1927-1934.
- Author
- Root, Waverley; Abt, Samuel (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0865472769
- ISBN 13
- 9780865472761
- Publisher
- North Point Press,
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco:
- Date Published
- 1987.
- Keywords
- Paris in the 1920s
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- First Edition
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