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Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1984
ISBN 10: 0395354137ISBN 13: 9780395354131
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine (pc). First Edition. Fine in price-clipped else fine dustjacket. | Edited, with intro., by John Updike (with Shannon Ravenel). "Selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by John Updike with Shannon Ravenel". Intro. by Updike. Stories by Bowles, Dubus, Salter, Oates &; pre-first book; S. Minot, Norman Rush.
Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, England / New York, New York, 1992
ISBN 10: 0195070658ISBN 13: 9780195070651
Seller: Andover Books and Antiquities, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xiv, 768 pp. LCC: 921353.
Published by Poets & Writers, Inc. (New York, New York), 1980
Seller: Best Books And Antiques, Chandler, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a very rare, highly collectible CHAPBOOK for an event (ball) hosted by Lauren Bacall, William Styron and George Plimpton in 1980, "Tenth Birthday Party of Poets & Writers, Inc." In this chapbook, there are 31 famous writers and poets, half of which have signed their name underneath the piece of writing presented in this book. Among the honored poets & writers are 17 signatures including: Margaret Atwood, Louis Auchincloss, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Gail Godwin, John Irving, Galway Kinnell, Maxine Kumin, Peter Matthiessen, William Meredith, James Merrill, W.S. Merwin, Grace Paley, Judith Rossner, Louis Simpson, William Jay Smith and John A. Williams on the page of their presented piece of writing. The program in the forefront presents the benefactors, patrons, sponsors and board of directors and in the rear 'Happy Birthday' ads; to list a few: The Swallow Press, Inc., CBS, Inc. The New York Times, The Paris Review, etc. The other 16 authors presented in the program that did not sign are: Paul Bowles, Rita Mae Brown, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Richard Eberhart, John Hawkes, Arthur Miller, Joyce Carol Oates, Cynthia Ozick, Carl Rakosi, Samuel Beckett, Ishmael Reed, Ntozake Shange, William Stafford, John Updike and Derek Walcott. Roseland, CA, October 22, 1980, 1980 Poet's & Writers, Inc., New York, New York. Helen Handley, General Chair, President, Friends of Poets & Writers, Inc.; Galen Williams, Founder and Executive Director. 4to. Unpaginated ~64pp. RARE. COLLECTIBLE. MORE PICS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST- B.R. Box 162.