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First edition. Former owner's signature on front end paper. Dust jacket price clipped and very slightly chipped at extremities, otherwise book and dust jacket are in very good condition.
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"Gass's criticism, in the best tradition of eloquence, wit, and passion, is a defense of 'poesy' in a time of need... Nearly all the essays are a pleasure to read and some it almost seems shocking to say it are works of beauty. It has happened before one thinks of Keat's letters and some fragments of Lawrence that the unlikely combination of criticism, philosophy and metaphorical inventiveness has resulted in a kind of poetry." --New York Times Book Review
"For anyone who writes fiction or writes about it, or reads fiction for the solacing sense of potential reality it can provided, Gass's book is the most important and bracing theoretical study I know of. Beside being a miraculous gifted writer he is that rare thing among creators, a trained philosopher. No one I can name has his persuasive power." --Geoffrey Wolff, Newsweek
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Fiction and the Figures of Life
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0394469666I3N11
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0394469666I5N00
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Fiction and the Figures of Life
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with green top stain. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. Seller Inventory # 425544
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original hardcover in dust jacket, 288 pages. Book is solid and bright, nice cloth binding. Some average wear from age and reference. The jacket has soiling at the rear, but still looks attractive in protective mylar sleeve; some normal age toning to the pages. Minimal reading wear. Seller Inventory # ABE-1764812475892
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Fiction and the Figures of Life
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ISBN 13: 9780394469669
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Literary Studies. This is a clean, unmarked copy that was formerly a library book. Seller Inventory # ABE-1763061336663
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Fiction And The Figures Of Life
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition of the author's third book, and first book of literary criticism. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The jacket has light soiling on the rear panel, and just slight wear at edges. $6.95 price on jacket flap; no names or other marking in or on the book. Seller Inventory # 024586
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ISBN 10: 0394469666
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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
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Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 288 pages. Gass' third book, a collection of essays on literary subjects. Gass would go on to win the American Book Award for his novel "The Tunnel." A tight very good plus copy in orange cloth boards with a bookplate removal to the front free endpaper and a small faint spot to the bottom edge of the pages but otherwise a clean copy and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Signed by Gass on the title page. Signed. Seller Inventory # 211956
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Fiction and the Figures Of Life
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine DJ. First Edition. First edition, as new, not price-clipped. Note that ISBN is shown on copyright page as 00-000-00, but correct ISBN is printed at the bottom right of the rear DJ panel. Seller Inventory # 058722
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Fiction and the Figures of Life
Published by
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Seller: Dave's Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. US orders ship with signature confirmation. Feb 1971 Knopf hardcover stated 1st edition inscribed (which always means to a particular person) by the author on the ffep. A lot of edgewear (some tears closed) , soil/tanning and some chipping on dj (now protected in mylar) corners bumped, sunning and light fraying on cover, smudge on ffep and small stain on one page, else text clean, binding tight . Inscribed by Author. Seller Inventory # ABE-1714494398939