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Telling Lies for Fun and Profit; A Manual for Fiction Writers
by Block, Lawrence
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0877953341
- ISBN 13
- 9780877953340
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Arbor House, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Block on the front endpaper page. Introudction by Brian Garfield. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($13.95). Quarter black cloth with grey paper on the boards, some foxing. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges and at the endpapers, clean otherwise. A how-to guide for fiction writing from one of the most prolific crime writers of the late 20th century.
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- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6899
- Title
- Telling Lies for Fun and Profit; A Manual for Fiction Writers
- Author
- Block, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0877953341
- ISBN 13
- 9780877953340
- Publisher
- Arbor House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Crime, Crime Novel, Hardboiled, Contemporary Fiction, Short Stories, Creative Writing, How to
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Edges
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- Inscribed
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- Foxed
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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