The Writer's Book : Practical Advice by Experts in Every Field of Writing. Edited by Helen Hull. 1969 Paperback. Everyday Handbook Series Published by Barnes & Noble.

Helen Hull (Editor) / Pearl Buck, Paul Gallico, Jacques Barzun, Lionel Trilling, Babette Deutsch, Lajos Egri, Ann Petry, John Hersey, Rex Stout, Arthur Koestler, Faith Baldwin, W H Auden, Frederick Lewis Adams, Katherine Anthony, Leonora Speyer, Phyllis McGinley, Niven Busch, Winston Churchill, et al (Contributing Authors)

Published by Barnes & Noble, New York, 1969

About this Item

Here is "The Writer's Book : Practical Advice by Experts in Every Field of Writing" . Published by Barnes & Noble, the book was Presented by the Author's Guild and Edited by Helen Hull. This is 1969 10th Printing.

From the cover blurb: "This book is a comprehensive and imaginative collection of essays on every phase of the writer's art and craft: forty noted authors discuss the making and marketing of the novel, short story, poem, magazine article, the TV and Film Play. Here is practical professional advice on problems of characterization, style, conflict, and plot for everyone who wants to write.

This book was issued well before the internet, and exhibits nothing remotely akin to the modes necessary for writing today. Thus it should prove fascinating for anyone interested in such near-past thinking. We've provided two scans of the Table of Contents, which is fairly lengthy, so view it carefully.

SERIES : Everyday Handbooks
TITLE : The Writer's Book
AUTHORS : Pearl Buck, Paul Gallico, Jacques Barzun, Lionel Trilling, Babette Deutsch, Lajos Egri, Ann Petry, John Hersey, Rex Stout, Arthur Koestler, Faith Baldwin, W H Auden, Frederick Lewis Adams, Katherine Anthony, Leonora Speyer, Phyllis McGinley, Niven Busch, Winston Churchill, et al
AEGIS : The Author's Guild
EDITOR : Helen Hull
IMPRINT : Barnes & Noble
PLACE : New York
DATE : (1969)
STATUS : Out of Print - OP
DETAILS : Trade paperback; 5 " x 8', card-stock wraps (cover printed in brownish-orange with white and black lettering - a picture of a plumed ink pen decorates the front cover); 353 pages

CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted:
EXTERIOR -- No creasing to spine; soft impacts have caused creasing to the lower fore-edge corners, front and back; the cover surfaces have modest rub and a touch of abrasion; cover edges have scattered mild nicking (most noticeable at spine extremities.
BINDING -- Tight
INTERIOR -- Clean and free of marking. Soft bumps to a few leaf corner tips.

All in all a well preserved copy.

Seller Inventory # 3201

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Writer's Book : Practical Advice by Experts in Every Field of Writing. Edited by Helen Hull. 1969 Paperback. Everyday Handbook Series Published by Barnes & Noble.
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble, New York
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Printing: 5th or later Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 7W x 10H x 3D inches 7 inches width by 10 inches height by 3 inches depth
• Weight: 1.25 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Personal Growth
  • American Literature
  • Publishing
  • Writing Skills
  • General Literature
  • Reference
  • Writing Instruction
  • Anthologies
  • How to Write
  • Essays