The Science, and the Art, of Biography
de Stone, Irving
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable
- Librería
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Los Angeles: UCLA Division of Honors, 1986. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. The text of the Naumburg Memorial Lecture, about writing biographical novels, by one of the best practitioners of the genre as the author of Lust for Life (Vincent Van Gogh), Sailor on Horseback (Jack London), and The Origin (Charles Darwin).
17 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (pamphlet). This copy is inscribed by Stone to the National Book Award-winning evolutionary theorist Stephen Jay Gould: "Dear Steve-Just in case you ever wanted to write a Biography of Evolutions... My best, Irving."
This copy comes from Gould's Harvard office library, with a letterpress-printed bookplate denoting the provenance.
17 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (pamphlet). This copy is inscribed by Stone to the National Book Award-winning evolutionary theorist Stephen Jay Gould: "Dear Steve-Just in case you ever wanted to write a Biography of Evolutions... My best, Irving."
This copy comes from Gould's Harvard office library, with a letterpress-printed bookplate denoting the provenance.
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- Librería
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 362656
- Título
- The Science, and the Art, of Biography
- Autor
- Stone, Irving
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Pamphlet
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- UCLA Division of Honors
- Lugar de publicación
- Los Angeles
- Fecha de publicación
- 1986
- Palabras clave
- mf33
- Catálogos del vendedor
- FICTION;
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