Tests of Time : Essays by William H. Gass
by Gass, William H. (1924-2017)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0375412573
- ISBN 13
- 9780375412578
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0375412573 . 15mm abrasion to rear panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover.; [xii], 319, [4], [1 (blank)] pages. Black board with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 208 x 142mm. Essays. Contents: Acknowledgements; Literary Matters : The Nature of Narrative and Its Philosophical Implications; Anywhere but Kansas; 'Invisible Cities'; Sidelonging; I've Got a Little List; The Test of Time; Social and Political Contretemps : The Writer and Politics: A Litany; Tribalism, Identity, and Ideology; The Shears of the Censor; Were There Anything in the World Worth Worship; How German Are We?; The Stuttgart Seminar Lectures : Questions from Chairman Flaubert; There Was an Old Woman Who; Transformation. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25840
- Title
- Tests of Time : Essays by William H. Gass
- Author
- Gass, William H. (1924-2017)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375412573
- ISBN 13
- 9780375412578
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- 0375412573, Literature
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About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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