The Creative Present: Notes on contemporary American fiction
de BALAKIAN, Nona and SIMMONS, Charles (editors); [PRITCHETT, V. S.]
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- First
- Estado
- Good+
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, inc., 1963. Cloth. Good+. A pleasing association copy from the library of author V. S. Pritchett, to whom it is inscribed. FIRST US EDITION. 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in red. Blotching to boards, edges tanned. Pritchett's posthumous book label to front pastedown, inscribed by Balakian in blue pen to ffep: "To V. S. Pritchett,/ With highest esteem and warmest regards. Nona Balakian. Dec. 1963." Else, clean. Good+ Nona Balakian (1918-1991) was an Armenian American literary critic, essayist and editor of the New York Times Sunday Book Review. Balakian included an essay about V. S. Pritchett in her later essay collection, Critical Encounters (1978). The book label, which includes a facsimile signature, was added posthumously to books in V. S. Pritchett's library.
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- Quair Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
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- Título
- The Creative Present: Notes on contemporary American fiction
- Autor
- BALAKIAN, Nona and SIMMONS, Charles (editors); [PRITCHETT, V. S.]
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Doubleday & Company, inc.
- Lugar de publicación
- Garden City, New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1963
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Signed & Association Copies;
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