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- PublisherHarvill Press
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0002712164
- ISBN 13 9780002712163
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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No Heroics, Please: Uncollected Writings, 1958-88
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Condition: USED_GOOD. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. Seller Inventory # Z1-E-008-01932
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No Heroics, Please: Uncollected Writings
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ISBN 13: 9780002712163
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear and minor tears. Clipped. Seller Inventory # 9999-9994153431
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No Heroics, Please: Uncollected Writings, 1958-88 (a first printing)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing/vg hardback-a tight copy bur with names and dates on fep in a vg dustwrapper that is bright and not priceclipped but a coup;e of edge tears.a nice looking copy. Seller Inventory # 14sdgfdpom
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NO HEROICS, PLEASE Uncollected Writings
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Harvill, London, 1991
ISBN 10: 0002712164
ISBN 13: 9780002712163
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Minor dust spotting to top of block, but otherwise in fine, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. Smart black boards with bright gilt titling. VG+ unclipped d/j, now in removable protective sleeve. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 239pp. Seller Inventory # 105525
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No Heroics, Please: Uncollected Writings
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ISBN 10: 0002712164
ISBN 13: 9780002712163
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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Vibrant orange dust jacket. Full number line. Seller Inventory # 16462
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No Heroics, Please: Uncollected Writings, 1958-88
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ISBN 10: 0002712164
ISBN 13: 9780002712163
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Hardcover. Condition: USED_FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First U.K. Edition/First Printing. By the time of his tragically early death, Raymond Carver was acknowledged as one of the most original writers in the English language of his generation. "No Heroics, Pleas" brings together in one volume the uncollected writings of Raymond Carver. It includes his first published story, "Furious Seasons" and other early stories. This volume is essential reading for those who have come to value Carver as essayist, poet, and master of the short story. Seller Inventory # 7466
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NO HEROICS, PLEASE: Uncollected Writings 1958-88 (First UK and only hardcover edition)
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ISBN 10: 0002712164
ISBN 13: 9780002712163
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Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. First impression of the true first UK edition of this collection, and the only hardcover edition, with the number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the printer's page. The book was only published in the USA as a paperback original. Edited by William L. Stull, with a Foreword by Tess Gallagher. ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still nice and bright. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine uncreased. Slight creasing to the top edge of the front board. No reading creases to the spine. Corners sharp. Edges of text-block clean - just slightly marked on the top edge. Internally the book is also very good, with no inscriptions. No marks or annotations. No creases or tears. Printed on nice quality thick paper. Spine tight. ***In a very good colour-printed typographical dustwrapper, which retains the original publisher's printed price of £13.99 net. The dustwrapper is virtually complete, with no significant chips or tears, just a slight area of loss at the top edge of the back panel. Slight rubbing or creasing at the edges. Very slight marks to the cream border areas of the back panel. The bright orange colour is unfaded even on the spine. ***239 pages. 224mm x 145mm. ***Contents - Early Stories: Furious Seasons, The Hair, The Aficionados, Poseidon and Company, Bright Red Apples, Fragment of a Novel: From The Augustine Notebooks, Poems, Occasions, Introductions, Book Reviews, An Essay and a Meditation, Notes. ***'By the time of his tragically early death, Raymond Carver was acknowledged as one of the most original writers in the English language of his generation. "No Heroics, Please" brings together in one volume the uncollected writings of Raymond Carver. It includes his first published story, "Furious Seasons" and other early stories; a fragment of a novel; a substantial number of poems; short pieces on the circumstances in which certain poems and stories were written; essays on the American short story; reviews of works by his contemporaries, including Donald Barthelme, Richard Brautigan, Richard Ford, Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane; and his last essay, "Friendship", about a London reunion with Richard Ford and Tobias Wolff. "No Heroics, Please" is essential reading for those who have come to value Carver as essayist, poet, and master of the short story'. (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A first impression of the true first UK edition, in very good condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 8644
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NO HEROICS, PLEASE: Uncollected Writings 1958-88 (First UK and only hardcover edition)
Published by
Harvill Secker (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers), London, 1991
ISBN 10: 0002712164
ISBN 13: 9780002712163
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Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK Edition. First impression of the true first UK edition of this collection, and the only hardcover edition, with the number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the printer's page. The book was only published in the USA as a paperback original. Edited by William L. Stull, with a Foreword by Tess Gallagher. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still nice and bright. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine uncreased. No reading creases to the spine. Corners sharp. Edges of text-block perfectly clean. Internally the book is also near fine, with no inscriptions. No marks or annotations. No creases or tears. Printed on nice quality thick paper. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour-printed typographical dustwrapper, which retains the original publisher's printed price of £13.99 net, but has a £7.99 re-price sticker over. The dustwrapper is complete with no chips or tears, and virtually no rubbing or creasing at the edges. Just very slight marks to the cream border areas of the back panel. The bright orange colour is unfaded even on the spine. ***239 pages. 224mm x 145mm. ***Contents - Early Stories: Furious Seasons, The Hair, The Aficionados, Poseidon and Company, Bright Red Apples, Fragment of a Novel: From The Augustine Notebooks, Poems, Occasions, Introductions, Book Reviews, An Essay and a Meditation, Notes. ***'By the time of his tragically early death, Raymond Carver was acknowledged as one of the most original writers in the English language of his generation. "No Heroics, Please" brings together in one volume the uncollected writings of Raymond Carver. It includes his first published story, "Furious Seasons" and other early stories; a fragment of a novel; a substantial number of poems; short pieces on the circumstances in which certain poems and stories were written; essays on the American short story; reviews of works by his contemporaries, including Donald Barthelme, Richard Brautigan, Richard Ford, Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane; and his last essay, "Friendship", about a London reunion with Richard Ford and Tobias Wolff. "No Heroics, Please" is essential reading for those who have come to value Carver as essayist, poet, and master of the short story'. (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A first impression of the true first UK edition, in near fine collector's condition. A very nice example of this Raymond Carver collection. Quite uncommon in this condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 8334
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Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: USED_ASNEW. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First British Edition. Publisher: Harvill Press, London, 1991. FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. First Edition, First Printing. As new. Unread. Pristine. Seller Inventory # 2307080006
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing in unclipped jacket. Reduced price label over printed price on front flap. A couple of short tears (approx 5mm & 2mm) to top of spine. Small light mark to spine. Top edge of page-block lightly foxed. Book appears to be in unread condition. Seller Inventory # 2374
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