Editor Frank Conroy (17 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Support Small Business by buying this book! Uncorrected Proof (PAPERBACK) No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently read if at all. . . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) This monkey, my back by T. Coraghessan Boyle -- 2.) View of writing fiction from the rear window by Doris Grumbach -- 3.) Smallness and invention; or, what I learned at the Iowa Writers' Workshop by Ethan Canin -- 4.) Ralston by Stuart Dybek -- 5.) Widow speaks by Jayne Anne Phillips -- 6.) Not knowing by Fred G. Leebron -- 7.) If I could be like Mike by Tom Grimes -- 8.) Mr. brain, he want a song by Barry Hannah -- 9.) Wise fool by Susan Power -- 10.) Hidden machinery by Margot Livesey -- 11.) Communal solitude by Geoffrey Wolff -- 12.) Resistance by Deborah Eisenberg. Writing life by William Lashner -- 13.) On details by Francine Prose -- 14.) Lottery ticket by Elizabeth McCracken -- 15.) Diminished creatures by Marilynne Robinson -- 16.) Why I bother by James Hynes -- 17.) Difference between being good and being a good writer by Scott Spencer -- 18.) Workshopping lucius mummius by James Alan McPherson -- 19.) Dead man by Justin Cronin -- 20.) Cowpaths by Abraham Verghese -- 21.) Eleventh draft by Chris Offutt -- 22.) Seattle, 1974: writing and place by Charles D'Ambrosio.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Beige and black boards with silver spine titles; jacket has mild edge wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 235 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. DJ has slight edge wear. ; Includes an index to the first twelve volumes.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. To our USA customers. We ship to the USA via "Deliver Duty Paid" shipping options. This means that there will be no duty or tariffs that you need to pay on your purchase! We're always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of all books, please just ask! American first edition, first printing. Virtually no wear to jacket. Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book size about 6 by 8 1/2 inches with some 235 pages. Bound in tan and black paper covered boards. In the original dust wrapper with a front flap price of $23.00. Contributions by about 23 authors. An absolutely worthwhile book for anyone interested in being published. Book with slight wear; remainder mark on bottom edge. FINE/NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [1st printing](1945) #139. Small paperback, 4.5" x 3". Cover art and interiors are uncredited. Includes "Love or How to Woo and Win a Woman" by Jack Goodman & Alan Green; "Gramp Buys a Valentine" by Stephen Longstreet; "The Best Time for Family Quarrels" by Don Herrold; "A Weekend at Lady Astor's" by Frank Sullivan; "The Sissy from the Hardscrabble County Rock Quarries" by Jack Conroy; "Dining Out for the Last Time" by Irving D. Tressler; "A Rustic in the City" by Eliot White Springs; "A Very Dangerous Invention" by Mac Adeler; "Son of a Sloganeer (A Story)" by Richard Connell. Creasing; rubbing; rusty staples; minor upper rear cover edge tear. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE dust-jacket. Appears unread. Edgewear to extremities. NOT price-clipped. NOT faded. NOT remainder marked. NOT book club edition. NOT ex-library. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Fine black & taupe boards in a Fine dust jacket. Bright, snug & unmarked; unread. Review Copy with publisher's release notice.

Condition: FINE. First printing. Collects one story from each year between 1970 and 1990 by authors including Marly Swick, Starkey Flythe Jr., Miles Wilson, Michael Pritchett, Sharon Dilworth, Abby Frucht, Lucia Nevai, Russell Working, Dan O'Brien, Robert Boswell, Susan M. Dodd, Ivy Goodman, Philip F. O'Connor, Jack Cady, Pat Carr, C. E. Poverman, Cyrus Colter and others. Selected and with an introduction by Frank Conroy. viii, 329 pp plus list of award winners. Fine in fine dust jacket.

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. The 12th issue of this terrific literary journal. Features contributions by Alexander Troochi, Bertolt Brecht, Anthony Kay, Dina Athill, Louis Ginsberg, John Logan and others. Also includes Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "He," Edward Albee's "The Zoo Story," LeRoi Jones' "The Bridge," and Frank Conroy's "Spring for Alison." The highlight of this issue though is a long essay by Albert Camus on capital punishment. A close to near fine copy in wrappers illustrated with a Larry Rivers cover and with some very minor wear.

Condition: FINE. First printing. Collects one story from each year between 1970 and 1990 by authors including Marly Swick, Starkey Flythe jr., Miles Wilson, Michael Pritchett, Sharon Dilworth, Abby Frucht, Lucia Nevai, Russell Working, Dan O'Brien, Robert Boswell, Susan M. Dodd, Ivy Goodman, Philip F. O'Connor, Jack Cady, Pat Carr and others. SIGNED by C. E. Poverman at his story "A Short Apocryphal Tale of the Sea. . " Selected and with an introduction by Frank Conroy. viii, 329 pp plus list of award winners. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Paperback Printing. An uncreased spine with very light edge rubbings .No Store stamp.Stories by :Frank Conroy, Anthony Burgess, James Kunen, John Ciardi, Leonarf Bernstien, James Baldwin, Truman Capote, Barbara Tuchman, John V.Lindsay, Loren Eiseley, Margerat Mead, Peter Schrag, William Hedgepeth, Terry Southern, Robert Conquest, E.M.Forster, J.H.Adamson, Karl Fleming, Kenneth Melvin, Ralph J.Gleason, e.e.cummings, Russell Lynes, Jonathan Kozol, Ada Louise Huxtable, Gilbert Osofsky, John Wood Krutch, Rene Dubos.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. 272 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, a few small spots to front edge.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PRESS, 1991. First edition. Hardbound. Selections by Marly Swick, Abby Frucht, Robert Boswell, etc. New in dust jacket. A tight unread copy. SIGNED BY FRANK CONROY. 0.0. Signed by Author(s).