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Published by New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008, 2008
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
very good dust-jacket, cover price $24.00, ink lines in margins on about 25 pages, but only a few lines underlined on a few pages, otherwise still quite good white hardcover. WOOD, JAMES. How fiction works. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008, stated First Edition, and 1st printing number line starting with 1, xviii, 265pp., . What makes a story a story? What is style? What's the connection between realism and real life? These are some of the questions James Wood answers in How Fiction Works, the first book-length essay by the preeminent critic of his generation. Ranging widely--from Homer to David Foster Wallace, from What Maisie Knew to Make Way for Ducklings--Wood takes the reader through the basic elements of the art, step by step. - CONTENTS: Narrating -- Flaubert and modern narrative -- Flaubert and the rise of the flaneur -- Detail -- Character -- A brief history of consciousness -- Sympathy and complexity -- Language -- Dialogue -- Truth, convention, realism. ISBN 9780374173401.
Published by New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008., 2008
ISBN 10: 0374150974ISBN 13: 9780374150976
Seller: The Book Cellar, LLC, Nashua, NH, U.S.A.
Book
hardcover. Condition: Good. Some wear, but still a good reading copy. A portion of your purchase of this book will be donated to non-profit organizations.Over 1,000,000 satisfied customers since 1997! Choose expedited shipping (if available) for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008. 1st ed. [Stated]. Hardcover. 325 pages., 2008
ISBN 10: 0374299102ISBN 13: 9780374299101
Seller: Schroeder's Book Haven, League City, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no marks. Item # E4923. **SAVE MORE** Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standard Shipping.
Published by New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2008, 2008
First Edition
Softcover. First Edition Thus. FSG Classics Series.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (2008) New York, 2008
ISBN 10: 0374187673ISBN 13: 9780374187675
Book First Edition
Very good in very lightly edgeworn jacket First Printing hardbound.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (2008) New York, 2008
ISBN 10: 0374100748ISBN 13: 9780374100742
Book First Edition
Very good in very lightly edgeworn jacket First Printing hardbound.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008, 2008
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Gould, Peter. Write Naked. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008, stated First Edition, , very good dust-jacket, original price $16.95, very good black and blue hardcover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on half-title: For Jenny! Enjoy. Peter Gould. 1st printing, number line on copyright page 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. - Melanie Kroupa Books. - Peter Gould's young adult novel, Write Naked (Farrar Straus) won the 2009 Green Earth Book Award. Gould leads a life of writing, directing, performing, gardening, teaching, and political activism, in Vermont. ISBN 9780374384838.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2008) New York, 2008
ISBN 10: 0374270805ISBN 13: 9780374270803
Book First Edition
Very good in lightly edgeworn dust jacket. First Printing Hardcover Bar code sticker on back jacket.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (2008) New York, 2008
ISBN 10: 0374120110ISBN 13: 9780374120115
Book First Edition
Very good in lightly edgeworn dust jacket. First Printing hardbound.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux April 1, 2008, New York, 2008
ISBN 10: 0374299498ISBN 13: 9780374299491
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. First Edition. New York: Sarah Crichton Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780374299491 . First edition. This copy has been inscribed and signed ["Colin"] by the author on the title page. 322+ pages. Near fine lightly bumped at the ends, n Near Fine jacket with creasing around the spine head bx233 Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008) dj, 2008
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. Based on the authorÕs own New York City childhood, this is a warm story about community and friendship and family. "High on the roof of an apartment building is a garden where neighbors come to laugh, to dance, and to share Ð stories of helping others, breakfasts of challah and herring, and, once a summer, a Roof Party!" Illustrated with full color, full page paintings by Terry Widener. Large format, unpaginated. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (written on front endpaper is 'do not remove! hand down' - otherwise as new).
Published by New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008., New York, 2008
ISBN 10: 0374299064ISBN 13: 9780374299064
Seller: Inkberry Books, Niwot, CO, U.S.A.
Book
hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. (alk. paper) ; ix, 83 p. ; 22 cm.
Published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux [2008], [New York], 2008
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Fine Condition. Advance Reader's Copy. Bound in the publisher's original wrappers.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008) dj, 2008
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. Another quirky, but wise, fantasy from this author - it is about what happens when we take fate in our own hands, no excuses, no one else to blame -but it is also about love, ghosts that are gourmet cooks, talking dogs, and more. 308 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008.) dj, 2008
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First US printing. First novel by this Scottish playwright, set in the 19th-century American Southwest, a setting filled with thieves, Native Americans, and former Civil War soldiers. Missy is a nickname for opium, and this is the story of Dol McQueen, a brassy teenage prostitute struggling to hang on to a fortune in stolen opium. 295 pp. Map endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.).
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008-03-18, New York, 2008
ISBN 10: 0374530653ISBN 13: 9780374530655
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
Book
paperback. Condition: New. Language: eng.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008) dj, 2008
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. The title tells the story, a novel of magic realism. Neil Gaiman described Carroll's writing as "he has the magic. . . he will lend you his eyes and you will never see the world in quite the same way ever again." 308 pp. Review copy with promotional letter laid in. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008), 2008
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First US printing. Novel set against the backdrop of the Weimar Republic and early Nazi Germany, one "which ultimately reveals the remarkable capacity of human beings to deceive themselves." It is the story of the relationship between Winifred Wagner - an English girl and a Germanophile who was raised in an orphanage and married at age 18 to the son of Richard Wagner - and Adolf Hitler as seen through the eyes of the secretary at the Wagner House in Bayreuth. 363 pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.).
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008-02-19, New York, 2008
ISBN 10: 0374531102ISBN 13: 9780374531102
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
Book
paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008-04-29, New York :|Godalming, 2008
ISBN 10: 0374531226ISBN 13: 9780374531225
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
Book
paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008.), 2008
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition - Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) An unusual coming of age story - one about testing the limits - set in a small Australian town and along the coastline, where surfing provides a dangerous challenge. 205 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Letter from publisher bound in.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008), 2008
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition - Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The author's very highly praised first novel, "a rollicking comic tale about (in no particular order) plague, narcotics recovery, and reincarnation." 337 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Published by New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008., New York, 2008
ISBN 10: 0374227322ISBN 13: 9780374227326
Seller: Inkberry Books, Niwot, CO, U.S.A.
Book
hardback. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. (alk. paper) ; additional ISBN 9780374227326 / p. cm. Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare. Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-213) and index.
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux 2008-03-18, New York, 2008
ISBN 10: 0374360960ISBN 13: 9780374360962
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
Book
book. Condition: New. Hanna, Dan (illustrator). Language: eng.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux/ A Frances Coady Book, (2008)., 2008
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. "First edition, 2008" statement and first printing number code sequence 1 through 10 to the copyright page, $22.00 to the jacket's flap. SIGNED by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of LESS to the title page. Set in 1950s San Francisco, featuring a repressed woman & caretaker to her ailing husband and handicapped child, who starts to see things differently though an African American's eyes. Minutely bumped to the upper spine edge, else very nearly fine, firm, tight and square in black linen boards with silver embossed titles to the spine, yellow-and-white headband and tail-band, in a fine dust jacket; original printed $22.00 price still intact to the front inner flap. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008-01-08, New York, 2008
ISBN 10: 0374531072ISBN 13: 9780374531072
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
Book
paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008-09-02, New York, 2008
ISBN 10: 0374531501ISBN 13: 9780374531508
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
Book
paperback. Condition: New. Language: English.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008.), 2008
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition - Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The third novel by this award winning writer, finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Orange Prize, the 2009 Women's Prize for Fiction and the Los Angeles Fiction Award. A completely independent novel but set in the same town of Gilead as her Pulitzer prize winning second novel. 325 pp. Includes a promotional cd. Fine in illustrated wrappers. CD is still sealed in pocket inside back cover.
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux 2008-04-01, New York, 2008
ISBN 10: 0374334994ISBN 13: 9780374334994
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
Book
book. Condition: New. Shulevitz, Uri (illustrator). Language: eng.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008.) dj, 2008
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. Set in 1953 San Francisco during the Korean War, this is the story of Pearlie, a dutiful housewife, living in the Sunset District, caring for her ailing husband and son with polio, trapped by the sexual and racial restrictions of the era, until a stranger shows up and she has to discover what her marriage really is. SIGNED on the title page. 195 pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket (some crinkling and rubbing to the edges of the dj.).