Ideas and The Novel

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 121pp. Slight edgewear, slightly faded spine, very good, lacking the dust jacket. Slim book about writing.

London: Weidenfield and Nicholson. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket; Usual library stamps and markings, . covered in plastic. 1981. Hardcover. 029777896X . 250gms weight; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 124 pages .

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson,. Hardback. 121pp. Novelist Mary McCarthy looks are transition between the nineteenth century novel of ideas via Henry James and novel as art, to the twentieth century. Includes discussion of the work of Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, Stendhal, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Henry James, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth,… Read more about this item

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981.. /Dust Jacket Included. 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 029777896X 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 121pp, clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper; price-clipped. ISBN: 029777896X .

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151436827 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in alike dust-jacket; Ideas And The Novel is a book about the role of ideas in literature. It argues that ideas are at the heart of literary works, and that the… Read more about this item

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, 1980.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, prev owner's name). First printing. The Northcliff Lectures originally presented in London in 1980 - among the authors whom McCarthy looks at from the perspective of 'ideas' in their books are Henry James, Hugo, Balzac, George Eliot and… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Unbound. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof or Advance Reading Copy consisting of four unbound signatures of folded and gather sheets. A little soiling, near fine. An uncommon advance format.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, November 1980. Reprint. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. In dustjacket with clipped front flap. Early reprint. Lilac cloth covered spien with gold lettering. Beige paper covered boards. Non-authorial inscription inked FFEP and marked over. [121 pages]

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, 1980.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (the last 2 blank pages of the book contain a hand-written 2 page essay on 'My Ideas on Novel' dated and signed by a writer who apparently is still not published - reference is made to his novel being at a… Read more about this item

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980-11-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Light creasing to jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Generally clean. Light spotting to edges. Small markings on front end page. 121 p., 21 cm.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, November 1980. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is a bit worn about the edges and somewhat scuffed, but without any serious tears. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. spine somewhat sun faded.

New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P, 1980. First edition. . Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket.. Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, 1980, 1st edition, 121 pages, hardcover in a bright unclipped jacket, no underlining, name on end paper, very light wear

UsedGood. 1980 1st hardcover ed. Inscribed flyleaf & scuffed/sun faded dj w/ annotated/underlined text.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980-11-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0.7000 in x 8.1000 in x 5.6000 in. Moderate shelf wear, age toning. Mild foxing and duststaining to edges. Pages clean, binding sound.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1980. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Later printing. Some fading overall, very good in very good dust jacket in mylar cover.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Collectible - Good/Good. 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. (F52) .

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980-11. Hardcover. Good.

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