Willner Monroe J (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. I think it can be pretty neat when a professional turns their hand to fiction writing in order to write a novel about their particular field. There are attorneys, doctors, actors and chefs who write novels about their areas of expertise. There are naturalists, explorers, sailors and athletes who write about their specialties. There are, of course, plenty of novelists who write stories about writers. Here we have a novel about an engineer, written by an electrical engineer. Mr Willner (1925 - 2004) held a number of patents for things like a magnetic field intensity measuring device with frequency change indication (OK, I copied that bit!), but has managed to write a novel that one reviewer called "engrossing, with penetrating insight and communicative warmth". The edges of the textblock are a little browned, top corners and base of spine minimally bumped and worn, but a very good copy indeed in very good dust jacket indeed with minor rubbing and edgewear. Uncommon book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. I think it can be pretty neat when a professional turns their hand to fiction writing in order to write a novel about their particular field. There are attorneys, doctors, actors and chefs who write novels about their areas of expertise. There are naturalists, explorers, sailors and athletes who write about their specialties. There are, of course, plenty of novelists who write stories about writers. Here we have a novel about an engineer, written by an electrical engineer. Mr Willner (1925 - 2004) held a number of patents for things like a magnetic field intensity measuring device with frequency change indication (OK, I copied that bit!), but has managed to write a novel that one reviewer called "engrossing, with penetrating insight and communicative warmth". The bottom edges of the textblock are a little browned, spine ends slightly softened, but a near fine copy in near fine dust jacket with minor edgewear and rubbing to rear panel. Uncommon book.