Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.
Language: English
Published by John Lane the Bodley Head, 1944
Seller: Westmoor Books, Bedale, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, tears and toning, PO name and date to front pastedown.
Published by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1943
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Previous owner's inscription, otherwise near fine. Book.
Published by Dodd, Mead, New York, 1943
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 261pp. Owner stamps on front fly and title page with bookplate on front fly, abrasions on pastedown endpapers, a bit of penciled underlining and notations on a few pages, very good in a very good dust jacket with nicks and tears, soiling, and interior abrasions.
Published by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1943
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Previous owner's inscription, otherwise near fine. Book.
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, 1943
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No markings. First Edition.
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1943
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 261 pages. A guide to writing from this prolific Canadian writer. A very good plus copy in cloth boards with a shadow to the front endpapers and a gift inscription on the front free endpaper and in a bright near fine dust jacket with some minor wear.
Language: English
Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1945
Seller: Eaglestones, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
First Edition
Cloth and Board. Condition: Good. Second Printing. CONTENTS PAGE I THE DESIRE TO WRITE II THE LAWS OF GRAMMAR AND FREE SPEECH III THE MYSTERY AND MAGIC OF WORDS IV THE COMPLETE THOUGHT CALLED A SENTENCE V THE ART OF NARRATION VI GOOD AND BAD LANGUAGE VII HOW TO WRITE HISTORY VIII HOW TO WRITE HISTORICAL NOVELS IX HOW NOT TO WRITE POETRY X HOW NOT TO WRITE MORE POETRY XI HOW TO WRITE HUMOUR XII HOW TO WRITE MORE HUMOUR ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 223 pages. Some crayon marks on inside back cover. Some kid did it. ------------------ Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 5" Wide - 7" Tall.
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, 1943
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. Dust jacket (clipped, small chips, short tears). Very good. No signatures or bookplates. 261 pages. Includes references to J.M. Barrie, Belloc, J.F. Cooper, Dickens, A.C. Doyle, Samuel Johnson, Kipling, D Parker, R.L. Stevenson, Twain.
Published by New York Dodd, Mead & Co. 1943, 1943
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
First Edition
Condition: near fine. 1st edition. vii,261 pp.pp. Octavo. Original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Dust wrapper is missing a 1 inch triangle from the rear panel. Wrapper is slightly faded and has a few small chips on the top of the spine. Jacket is price clipped. near fine Spadoni A96. Leacock covers all of the aspects of writing with his usual wit. We especially like the chapters; How Not to Write Poetry and How Not to Write More Poetry!
Published by Dodd, Mead and Company, 1943
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. LeaCOCK'S EXpose on writing and writing skills, very good in like mylar protected dj. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.