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WHAT TO READ AND WHY (SIGNED on Full Title page)
by Francine Prose
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0062397869
- ISBN 13
- 9780062397867
- Seller
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Monkton, Maryland, United States
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HARDCOVER. SIGNED. SIGNED in Person at the Book Signing Event. WHAT TO READ AND WHY by Francine Prose (2018). SIGNED to the Full Title page by FRANCINE PROSE, the author. Very Scarce Signed! Brand New and Never owned. This is a FIRST Edition, FIRST Printing copy as stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket is in Brand New condition with no issues. The book has no tears, marks, creases, remainder marks, library markings, or black lines on the edges. Not inscribed to anyone. Not price-clipped, not a Book Club Edition (BCE), or signed on a bookplate. True Collectible Quality. First Edition, First Printing, hand SIGNED to the Full Title page. No inscription; full signature only. From an event featuring Francine Prose at the Brooklyn Book Festival in New York City on October 3, 2021. FREE: A copy of her book review of Mister Monkey, an NYT Notable book for 2016, is included. This book will be carefully wrapped and shipped with free delivery confirmation. ** Francine Prose is the author of twenty-one works of fiction including, the highly acclaimed Mister Monkey; the New York Times bestseller Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932; A Changed Man, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; and Blue Angel, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include the highly praised Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer, which has become a classic, and What to Read and Why. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Prose is a former president of PEN American Center and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. What to Read and Why was published on July 3, 2018. ISBN: 978-0062-3978-67. BS13965.
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- Bookseller
- Charm City Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BS13965
- Title
- WHAT TO READ AND WHY (SIGNED on Full Title page)
- Author
- Francine Prose
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER w/ Dust Jacket Cover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0062397869
- ISBN 13
- 9780062397867
- Publisher
- Harper; First Edition, First Printing (July 3, 2018)
- Place of Publication
- UNITED STATES
- Date Published
- Jul 3, 2018
- Pages
- 336
- Size
- 1.4 x 5.8 x 8.3 inches
- Keywords
- Comparative Literature, General Books & Reading, Essays
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED BOOKS;
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Charm City Books
Biblio member since 2004
Monkton, Maryland
About Charm City Books
I sell mostly Modern First Editions. Most of my inventory is Hand Signed First Edition/First Printing Hardcovers. I also carry a collection of Brand New & Like New, Signed and Unsigned Franklin Library & Easton Press Books. I will accept offers on any book I have. If your offer is accepted, you are committed to buy. I will then reduce the price of the item ON THIS SITE so you can purchase the item or book on this site using their check-out...
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