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2007réf. 2343012New York: Harper Perennial 2007. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. Reprint. Minor edge wear. 2007 Trade Paperback. 273 21 pp. A distinguished novelist and critic inspires readers and writers with this inside look at how the professionals read―and write. Long before there were creative writing workshops and degrees how did aspiring writers learn to write' By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries says Francine Prose. As she takes us on a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters―Dostoyevsky Flaubert Kafka Austen Dickens Woolf Chekhov―Prose discovers why these writers endure. She takes pleasure in the signature elements of such outsatanding writers as Philip Roth Isaac Babel John Le Carré James Joyce and Katherine Mansfield. Throughout she cautions readers to slow down and pay attention to words the raw material out of which literature is crafted. Written with passion humor and wisdom Reading Like a Writer will inspire readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart. Harper Perennial paperback books
1997réf. UPROHUN00efOwl 1997. Very Good. Prose Francine. Hunters and Gatherers. New York: Owl 1997. 247pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Owl paperback books
2023réf. UPROMYS00fpBallantine Books 2023. Fine. Prose Nita. The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel. New York: Ballantine Books 2023. 286pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Ballantine Books hardcover books
réf. B261156-1New York Harper 2005. 149 1pp. 8 plates with 11 illus. Boards 1/4 cloth. D.j. New York (Harper), 2005. hardcover books
1992réf. 2348453New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. 1992 Hard Cover. 227 pp. The au pair for the Porter family Haitian-born Simone becomes witness to the family's casual cruelty observing the activities of Rosemary a sculptor her philandering husband her mercurial friends and her strange children. Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover books
1988réf. 2348454New York: Pantheon Books 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8x5x1. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. 1988 Hard Cover. 229 pp. This brilliant collection of short stories acutely captures the many moods of baby boomers or anyone who lived through the sixties. Pantheon Books hardcover books
2002réf. 338722New York: Harper 2002. First. hardcover. very good/good. Illustrated. xii 416 pages 8vo boards d.w.; large tear rear panel of dust wrapper remainder mark bottom edge. New York: HarperCollins 2002. First edition. A very good copy in a very good- dust wrapper. Harper unknown books
1986réf. 272128New York: Pantheon Books 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Pantheon Books hardcover books
1986réf. 112939New York: Pantheon Books 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine with one corner bumped in very good or better dust jacket with corresponding corner bump light rubbing and the laminate starting the separate at the bottom edge. Pantheon Books hardcover books
1997réf. 707887NY: Metropolitan Books. 1997. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Metropolitan Books paperback books
1997réf. 18072NY: Holt 1997. First edition. 241 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. NY: Holt unknown books
2008réf. 164377Detroit: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit 2008. Paperback. VG. Some shelf wear on edges and spine. Clean contents. White stapled wraps with gold spine; French flaps. 43 pp. 12 color plates. Exhibition took place February 8-April 20 2008. Excellent paintings of hip-hop artists by talented painter Alex Melamid including 50 Cent Common Don "Magic" Juan Duke Easy Mo Bee Lil Jon Marc Ecko Reverend Run Russell Simmons Snoop Dogg Kanye West and Whoo Kid. Catalog essay by Francine Prose. Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit paperback books
1995réf. 293068New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1995. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Laminated wrappers. Title misprinted on the spine. Fine. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
2015réf. 567881New York: HarperCollins 2015. Softcover. Fine. Reprint. Trade paperback. Fine with a small corner crease on the rear wrap. HarperCollins unknown books
1992réf. 245959New York: Farrar 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Nice clean copy. Farrar hardcover books
1992réf. 230255New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1992. Softcover. Very Good. Unc. Proof. Very good in wrappers. Book shows rubbing to all edges front panel lightly flared. Paperback. Farrar, Straus, Giroux unknown books
2004réf. 100398New York: PaceWildenstein Gallery 2004. VG previous owners stamp. Grey/yellow illustrated card wraps. French flaps. 43 pp. with 15 color plates including one fold-out. Introductory essay by Francine Prose. Catalogue from the exhibition of October to November 2004. With a list of the 15 works on view. PaceWildenstein Gallery paperback books
1974réf. 617848New York: Atheneum 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Cracked gutters near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a slightly toned spine. Author's second novel. Atheneum hardcover books
1974réf. 104608NY:: Atheneum. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0689105991 . A novel. The author's second book. Stated first edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Atheneum, hardcover books
2002réf. 157167New York: HarperCollins 2002. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 416 pages. A look at Hester Thrale Alice Liddell Elizabeth Siddal Lou Andreas Salome Gala Dali Lee Miller Charis Weston Suzanne Farrell and Yoko Ono. An about very good copy with extensive notes on the rear endpapers done for a radio interview with Prose and with some other very minor wear in a near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Prose on the title page: "For Victoria- Thanks so much Francine Prose." A nice association copy as the recipient was a long time interviewer for NPR and had her own show on WFMT in Chicago. HarperCollins unknown books
1993réf. TB32175New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1993. First Edition. First Printing Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches with slight dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a fine unclipped dust jacket contained within a protective cover. 232 pages of text. A collection of eleven short stories. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1993réf. 708002NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux. 1993. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Dampstaining to bottom corner of spine. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover books
1988réf. 294122New York: Pantheon Books 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine with a little fading to the spine. Pantheon Books hardcover books
1988réf. 21373NY: Pantheon. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0394565738 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Pantheon hardcover books
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