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The Writing of American Military History: a Guide
Washington, D. C. U. S. Department of the Army 1956 Hardcover Very Good
Department of the Army Pamphlet No. 20-200. Flexible black cloth binding. Index, bibliography, appendices. Boards rounded and rubbed, else a clean, tight copy. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 145 pages
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10.00 USD
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Angoff, Allan (editor) American Writing Today: its Independence and Vigor
NY New York University Press 1957 Cloth Good in Good dust jacket
Library of Congress number 56-10779. Several pages have some light notations, boards rubbed, jacket price-clipped and tattered, else a clean, tight copy. In jacket protector. Over fifty articles outlining and critiquing "current American writing and publishing". ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 433 pages
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Bedford-Jones, H. The Graduate Fictioneer
Denver, CO Author and Journalist Publishing Co. 1932 First Edition Hardcover Good
A gushing introduction by Erle Stanley Gardner. Orange cloth binding. Trade secrets, advice on writing and marketing one's stories and books by the long-time pulp writer. Covers dampstained at lower margins, corners rounded, else a clean, tight copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 126 pages
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70.00 USD
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Brennecke, Ernest Jr. Magazine Article Writing
NY The MacMillan Company 1938 Later Printing Hardcover Good with no dust jacket
Black cloth binding with gold-stamped lettering on spine. "We have prepared this book, not for that rare creature, the natural born writer, but for that far commoner individual, the intelligent man or woman who has to achieve skill in order to communicate the facts he knows and what he thinks about facts to his fellow human beings through the printed page". Boards soiled, rubbed and rounded, endpapers browned, several pages dog-eared, else a clean, tight volume. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 388 pages
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Copeland, C. T. ; Rideout, H. M. Freshman English and Theme-Correcting in Harvard College
Boston Silver, Burdett and Co 1901 First Edition Hardcover Very Good
Green cloth binding with black lettering stamped on front boards and gilt lettering on spine. Three fold-out illustrations exhibiting sample compositions and teacher corrections and many other examples throughout text. An antique reference for teachers based on the Harvard College Freshman English Composition classes held 1899-1901 which clearly outlines the methods used to get a heterogeneous batch of college students to become more skilled and literate writers. Owner names on front free endpaper, boards worn at corners and spine extremities. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 124 pages
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50.00 USD
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Frankau, Pamela Pen to Paper: a Novelist's Notebook
Garden City, NY Doubleday and Company 1962 First Printing Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Black and grey hard covered boards with red lettering on the spine is bumped at the corners and has some dust spotting along the top of the text block at to the end papers. Jacket is price clipped, lightly foxed, rubbed, and chipped at the corners and spine. Author photo. Memoir by the outspoken author of many novels and an honest, revealing guide to the craft of writing. Library of Congress number 62-7631.; 237 pages
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12.00 USD
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Hanawalt, Leslie L. ; Newcomb, Emilie A. (editors) Writing from Observation
NY Harcourt Brace and Company 1946 Later Printing Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
A publication compiled by the Wayne State University Department of English. Pages browned, boards rubbed and rounded, else a clean, tight copy. A collection of poetry, prose and non-fiction designed to teach good writing on the basis of direct observation. Navy cloth binding with paper labels on front boards and spine. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 528 pages
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Larsen, Egon First with the Truth: Newspapermen in Action
NY Roy Publishers 1968 First American Edition Hardcover Very Good in Good dust jacket
Library of Congress number 68-16900. Profiles of journalists around the world who have been persecuted and imprisoned for holding to their views and the printing of the truth. Index, bibliography. Owner bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, jacket scuffed and lightly tattered along margins, else a clean, tight copy. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 198 pages
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