Jan relf ed (5 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. The Preface to this fine collection of literary musings by an acknowledged master includes the following: "truth about all writers, male or female. They are professionally, often foolishly and blindly, egocentric. Somewhere, it may be deep down, they all believe that no one can - or could - write so well as they. The vanity of this self-belief is really what distinguishes and specifies our kind . . . it is a condition shared by all artists; a kind of clinging, in the savage typhoon of existence . . . to the one spar that promises to float." Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Two-tone, tan and brown cloth over boards. Edited by Jan Relf, a fine collection of literary reviews and perspectives. 403 pp. with Acknowledgments as to original publications.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. …

Condición: Acceptable.

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. xxv, 405 p. 24 cm. Brown hardcover in mylar-covered dustjacket. Flat-signed (on pasted-in paper) on half title. "Wormholes" may not seem the most appealing or appropriate label for this often lively collection of John Fowles' essays. But the book is a collection of opinion pieces on many worms that have bored holes into the author's mind over several decades: culture and society; on being English; Conan Doyle; Thomas Hardy's England; Americans; etc. At rear is an interview with Fowles by Dianne Vipond. Index.…