"So now," writes John Gardner in his Afterword to the first annotated bibliog raphy of works by and about him, "read ing John Howell's list of 'Separate pub lications'--XXXI in all (however many that is)--I feel pleasure and then alarm, rolling my eyes toward the ceiling, ask ing God, 'Is it enough? '" The book includes a biographical sketch; a collation of the first American edition; printing histories of first Amer ican and British editions and of sub sequent editions; annotated checklists of fiction, poetry, essays, ...
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"So now," writes John Gardner in his Afterword to the first annotated bibliog raphy of works by and about him, "read ing John Howell's list of 'Separate pub lications'--XXXI in all (however many that is)--I feel pleasure and then alarm, rolling my eyes toward the ceiling, ask ing God, 'Is it enough? '" The book includes a biographical sketch; a collation of the first American edition; printing histories of first Amer ican and British editions and of sub sequent editions; annotated checklists of fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and letters; an annotated checklist of inter views: "I'm astonished, reading these summaries of interviews, at how often and how deeply I contradict myself"; a checklist of manuscripts and contribu tions to other media; secondary checklists of articles, essays, and reviews about Gardner and his works; plus photo graphs of assorted pages, dust jackets, and Gardner memorabilia.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Slight shelfwear and rubbing to cover, couple of small tears to back of jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 184 p. Contains: Illustrations.
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New in Fine jacket. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. 1st Printing. This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition. The jacket has a couple of white spots showing. Afterword by John Gardner.
