"For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most" was compiled and edited by Ronald B. Shwartz and published by Grosset/Putnam in New York in 1999.

This is a hardcover, first edition, first printing of this enjoyable and informative 297-page work.

The original price, as shown on the dustjacket front flap, was $24.95.

Synopsis:

More than one hundred distinguished contemporary writers share personal thoughts about their favorite books and how those works influence them and their writing.

Among the featured authors are: Dave Barry, John Barth, Madison Smartt Bell, Amy Bloom, Roy Blount, Jr., Rita Mae Brown, Philip Caputo, Robert Coover, Rita Dove, William Gass, Gail Godwin, Nadine Gordimer, Pete Hamill, John Hawkes, Anthony Hecht, Edward Hoagland, John Irving, W. P. Kinsella, Elmore Leonard, Doris Lessing, Norman Mailer, Thomas McGuane, W.S. Merwin, Arthur Miller, Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Ondaatje, P.J. O'Rourke, Cynthia Ozick, Robert B. Parker, Reynolds Price, James Purdy, Mario Puzo, Neil Simon, W. D. Snodgrass, Oliver Stone, Mark Strand, William Styron, Gay Talese, D. M. Thomas, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, Richard Wilbur, Tobias Wolff, and Herman Wouk.

The book is in fine collectible condition, with no torn or bent pages, no scratches, stains or inscriptions, no remainder marks, no price-clipping, no bookplate, no ex-library, no book club edition, no flaws of any sort. It is as new.

The dustjacket is in equally fine shape and is protected in a clear and removable archival cover. 

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