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William Faulkner: American Writer,Biography
by Karl, Frederick Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1555840884
- ISBN 13
- 9781555840884
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 1555840884 . This is "the most authoritative life ever written of America's greatest twentieth-century novelist, a narrative biography that weaves together life, work, cultural background, and psychological interpretation into a single, integrated whole." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Spine is slightly loose, small bumps on spine ends; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minimal edge wear. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1131 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3695
- Title
- William Faulkner: American Writer,Biography
- Author
- Karl, Frederick Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1555840884
- ISBN 13
- 9781555840884
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- 1555840884
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