Book Book Tapa dura - 1985

Hardback. Very Good.

GB: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1985. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Minor mark to top text edge. Two small dints to front cover. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is dust marked with a faded spine, some creasing/scoring and a chip to top of spine.. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/G++ DW.

Jonathan Cape. hardcover. Very Good. 1x5x8.

London, Johathan Cape Ltd. 1985. Original publisher's black paper-covered boards, gilt lettering spine, yellow dustjacket, 8vo: xij, 226pp., envoi, bibliography, glossary, index. Fine copy.,

Jonathan Cape, London, first edition, 1985. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. xi, 226 pp. 'There will come at least one morning in your life when you wake up and want to kill your agent,' discloses an author. A bookseller declares that 'the efficiency of publishers seems to coincide with the cycles of the moon'. Publishers recount their most dynamic coups. The lost days when reviewing was a serious matter are lamented by a book reviewer. Anthony Blond, publisher and author, explains to a first-time writer why his novel is not at Didcot station, and recommends as an ideal writing place 'a prison cell, a cabin without a porthole on a boat full of bores'. Hard facts and useful information jostle with scurrilous anecdotes and trade secrets to produce this colourful and idiosyncratic view from the front line. No aspect of the business escapes Blond's scrutiny: the literary agent, the writer's alter-ego, battles aggressively when the author is most timid. The editor, with praise and… Leer más

LONDON: Jonathan Cape, 1985. Slight foxing to top edge; 226pp.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. First Edition . Hard Bound. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Jonathan Cape. hardcover. Like New. 8x5x1.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Fine in a dustwrapper with a sunned spine, else fine.

London: Jonathon Cape, 1985. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 226 pp. Pitting to front cover, else near fine copy in a price-clipped jacket.