Midnight Oil by V S Pritchett - 1972

Random House~trade, 1972. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Random House~trade, January 1972. Hardcover. USED Good.

New York. 1972. May 1972. Random House. 1st Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0394474759. 273 pages. hardcover. Cover design by Joe Tully. keywords: Literature England . FROM THE PUBLISHER - The second volume of V. S. Pritchett's autobiography, a follow-up to A Cab at the Door, finds Pritchett in 1921 with twenty pounds in his pocket. The author has arrived in Paris to commence the literary career whose development will become the subject of Midnight Oil. The youthful Pritchett - ardent, sensible, innocent - acquires a hat of green velour and a pair of fancy boots - items of bohemian gear belonging to the literary generation just past. He finds work in a photographer's shop, then as a salesman of glue and shellac. Later he takes on a line of ostrich feathers. In his free time he searches for genius in the cafEs of Montparnasse. Genius, however, has settled elsewhere - on the Left Bank, with Gertude Stein and Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Beach and James Joyce. ‘I did not… Read More

New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0394474759 .

New York: Random House, c1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 271p.

NY: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. 1972. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394474759. 271 pages; Lightly bumped spine ends, pages pale yellow with one smudge mark on edge. Olive cloth binding has faintly sunned edges and spine. A clean and nice copy. Dust wrapper, unclipped, has light edgewear, a bit of soil and one tiny closed tear at spine head.; This second volume of the autobiography by this short story writer, novelist, and critic opens in 1921. With twenty pounds in his pocket he has arrived in Paris determined to become a writer. After going to Ireland to cover the revolution for the 'Christian Science Monitor' he arrives in Spain in 1924.. Catalogs: Memoir. Keywords: British Author, Novelist, Autobiography, Spain, Ireland, Paris.

New York: Random House, 1972. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. A memoir from this English writer. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket that has a tiny bit of wear.

Random House. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (biography)