New York: Random House, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.95), lightly rubbed at the edges, foxed at the edges. Quarter red cloth with beige paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges and endpapers, clean otherwise. Exley's memoir spurred by the death of Edmund Wilson, "an utterly absorbing journey which moreover touches much of the crippled creative life in America.

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Bookseller: Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7475
Title: Pages from a Cold Island
Author: Exley, Frederick
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0394494407
ISBN 13: 9780394494401
Publisher: Random House
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1975
Keywords: Memoir, Writing, Creative Writing, Iowa Writers' Workshop, American Studies, Steinem, Mailer

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