Ruas Charles Editor (7 results)

First Edition. ISBN: 0679427570 F- in F DJ, 1st edition. 599 pages. Very small spot of soiling to the textblock. Jacket in mylar. The biography of Eugene Victor Debs, union leader and socialist.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First publication of these original interviews with the above authors and others. A very nice, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First book publication of these interviews with writers. A clean, unclipped and unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. None. First Edition. Out of print. In Mylar dust jacket protector. Binding is cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 324 pages. Published in 1985. Retrospective collection of interviews. One of the best author-interviews of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original and in the United Kingdom only by a small independent press. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Charles Ruas' "Conversations With American Writers". An unsurpassable collection, which demands to be read through, illuminating and moving in its cumulative power. Encompasses the full breadth, diversity, and quality of mid- to late-20th century American literature. Eudora Welty, Norman Mailer, Truman Capote, Gore Vidal, E. L. Doctorow, Susan Sontag, Toni Morrison, Robert Stone, Scott Spencer, and Paul Theroux, among others, grace these pages. Their singular personalities and authorial voices leap off the page, with a little help from the estimable Charles Ruas. Who patiently conducted, transcribed, introduced, and annotated each of the interviews over nearly a decade. Ruas is best-known as a brilliant translator of French literature into English, second only to the extremely prolific Richard Howard. This collection is as much his achievement as the now-canonical writers who agreed to be interviewed by him: He brings out the best in all of them with his scrupulous scholarship and probing yet never voyeuristic questioning. An absolute "must-have" title for American literature collectors. This title is a great collection. This is one of relatively few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (British/Quartet Books) still available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are in subsequent printing. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Some of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER TRUMAN CAPOTE, TONI MORRISON, SUSAN SONTAG, AND GORE VIDAL TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0704325543. no.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. revised ed edition. 227 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The first British edition of this collection of interviews by Ruas with a number of famous writers. SIGNED on the pages where their profile begins: Norman Mailer (page 18) and Paul Theroux (page 244.) Book is Very Good. Tight and straight with even pages. No writing, marks or bookplate and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. There is an abrasion spot where an apparent price sticker has been removed on the first free endpaper - about the size of a nickel and one bumped tip, but otherwise very clean. Dust jacket is unclipped (£14.95) with light wear to spine head and mild rubbing to black background on back cover. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. Included is a bookmark from Chapters Bookstore in Washington, DC with author page signing info on the back. Here are 14 conversational interviews with contemporary writers who talk about the nature of their craft, about their strengths and dilemmas, their need to write, and about themselves. Toni Morrison Norman Mailer Robert Stone Susan Sontag Scott Spencer Truman Capote Tennessee Williams E.L. Doctorow Gore Vidal Joseph Heller Paul Theroux William Burroughs Eudora Welty Marguerite Young "A lively seminar, a sensational literary cocktail party .the conversation is irresistible." ---Los Angeles Herald Examiner "Ruas displays the essential qualities of a first-rate interviewer: a thorough knowledge of, an irrepressible curiosity about, a profound sympathy for, and a respectful but unceremonious directness toward the authors and the works at hand." --The New York Times. Signed by Author(s). …