ISBN: 9780375411144 - the biographer's tale (16 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. From the award-winning author of Possession comes an ingenious novel about love and literary sleuthing: a dazzling fiction woven out of one man's search for fact. Here is the story of Phineas G. Nanson, a disenchanted graduate student who decides to escape the world of postmodern literary theory and immerse himself in the messiness of real life by writing a biography of a great biographer. In a series of adventures that are by turns intellectual and comic, scientific and sensual, Phineas tracks his subject to the deserts of Africa and the maelstrom of the Arctic. Along the way he comes to rely on two women, one of whom may be the guide he needs out of the dizzying labyrinth of his research and back into his own life. A tantalizing yarn of detection and desire, The Biographer's Tale is a provocative look at truth in biography and our perennial quest for certainty.…

Zustand: Good. First American Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Zustand: Very Good. First American Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. RELIABLE library withdrawal with a NICE dust jacket in the plastic, protective cover. Stamped at the page edge with a card pocket page on the inside. Light scuff to the plastic cover. This edition is PRESENTABLE.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. From the collection of Robyn (Mrs. Charles) Krauthammer. 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.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Good. First American Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Zustand: FINE. First US printing. A novel about literary sleuthing by this Booker Prize winning author - it tells the "story of Phineas G. Nanson, a disenchanted young graduate student who decides to escape the world of postmodern literary theory and immerse himself in the messiness of 'real life' by writing a biography of a great biographer. . But Phineas quickly discovers that facts can be unreliable, and a 'whole life' hard to find. . . . Phineas tracks his subjects' journeys to the deserts of Africa and the maelstroms of the Arctic in a series of adventures that are by turns intellectual and comic, scientific and erotic." 305 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. …

Zustand: As New. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Like New dust jacket. Signed by author on laid-in bookplate. Author photo laid in. In protective mylar cover.

Zustand: Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First U.S. Edition. 8vo., 305pp. Beautiful Unread First American Printing, tight, solid and clean throughout with little or no war. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($24.00), is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. A very handsome collectable copy. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First American edition. With seven illustrations. Binding very slightly cocked, near fine in a good only dust jacket with moderate dampstaining to the spine, panels and flap folds and modest soil. A novel.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First US Edition; First Printing. A first American Edition/First Printing with some bumping to the edges, otherwise Fine in an equally Fine dust-jacket; This book is about a biographer and her struggles with her own life and the lives of the people she has written about.; 8vo; 305 pages; Price? ? .…

First Edition. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. Another well received novel from the Booker Prize winning author of "Possession." A fine and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Byatt on the title page. Signed.

Zustand: FINE. First US printing. A novel about literary sleuthing by this Booker Prize winning author - it tells the "story of Phineas G. Nanson, a disenchanted young graduate student who decides to escape the world of postmodern literary theory and immerse himself in the messiness of 'real life' by writing a biography of a great biographer. . But Phineas quickly discovers that facts can be unreliable, and a 'whole life' hard to find. . . . Phineas tracks his subjects' journeys to the deserts of Africa and the maelstroms of the Arctic in a series of adventures that are by turns intellectual and comic, scientific and erotic." SIGNED on the title page. 305 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. …

Zustand: Very Good.