A William Maxwell Portrait: Memories and Appreciations (First Printing/Near Fine)
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2004
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Books of Eli, Birmingham, United KingdomThe Books of Eli
AbeBooks seller since March 15, 2022
Condition: Used - Near fine
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First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine book, in a Near Fine DW; slight bump to the top of spine. A William Maxwell Portrait: Memories and Appreciations is a 2004 biographical anthology edited by authors Charles Baxter, Michael Collier, and Edward Hirsch. Published by W. W. Norton & Company, the book serves as an intimate collection of personal essays, poetry, and reflections celebrating the life, mentorship, and legacy of William Maxwell. Maxwell was a titan of 20th-century literature who served for 40 years as a legendary fiction editor at The New Yorker, guiding authors like John Cheever, J.D. Salinger, and Vladimir Nabokov while writing his own masterpiece novels.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A William Maxwell Portrait: Memories and Appreciations (First Printing/Near Fine)
- Author
- Charles Baxter, Michael Collier and Edward Hirsch [Editors & Introduction] & Various
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First Edition.
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