Phineas

New York: Random House, (1968).

Price: $950.00

Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Tall spiral bound wrappers, leaves printed rectos only. Slight age-toning else fine. Scarce format. A collection of stories including the title story, which provided the original germ of the novel *A Separate Peace*.

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Item #348462 Phineas. John KNOWLES.

John Knowles
birth name: John Knowles
born: 9/16/1926
died: 11/29/2001

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American author who gained prominence for his first published novel, A Separate Peace (1959). Most of his novels were psychological examinations of characters caught in conflict between the wild and pragmatic sides of their personalities. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore