Learning a Trade: A Craftsman's Notebooks, 1955-1997
By 
Reynolds Price (1933-2011)

Duke University Press
Durham, North Carolina
1998

Light remainder line on bottom outside edges.
xx, 603, [1] p.; 24 cm. (9.5 inches). Light brown cloth with black- and gilt-stamped spine title and front-cover title. Glossy, illustrated color dust jacket, photograph of the author by John Menapace, dust jacket intentionally designed to look soiled.  Includes Notes.

First Edition

"From Reynolds Price, much acclaimed author of award-winning novels, plays, poems, stories, and essays, comes a work that is unique among contemporary writers of American literature. For more than forty years, Price has kept a working journal of his writing life. Now published for the first time, Learning a Trade provides a revealing window into this writer’s creative process and craftsman’s sensibilities"   [from the dust jacket]

ISBN:  0822321122

As noted, light remainder line on bottom outside edges. Otherwise, typical with remainders, the book is in Fine/As New Condition: pages bright, clean, tight, and unmarked.
Dust Jacket is in Near Fine Condition: slight creasing both ends of the spine.




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