Augustus A Novel Tapa dura - 1972

Viking Books, 1972. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Tape to cover boards. Dust jacket wrapped in protective sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking Books, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: The Viking Press, 1972. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Poor/Good. By the author of Stoner and Butcher's Crossing. In magenta boards and green spine cloth with gilt. An ex-library copy with tape to top and bottom of frnt board and across rear board. Rubbing through paper of board ends at top corners and bottoms edges. Stamps to top and bottom page ends and small stain to top page ends near spine. Sticker to ffep and pocket to half-title page. Spine slightly cocked and pages fairly clean with a few smudges/spots hear and there. Binding solid. Jacket is unclipped($7.95) with sticker removal scar to bottom of spine and small nick, with a few small punctures towards top of spine. Some creasing to jacket as well. Winner of the 1973 National Book Award.

Viking Books, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Minor wear to cover boards and spine. Foxing visible on text block. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking Adult, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. SECOND PRINTING DECEMBER 1972, TEXT UNMARKED, LIGHT FOXING TO FORE EDGE, SOME FOXING TO DUST JACKET, DUST JACKET WITH LIGHT EDGE WEAR

Viking, USA, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good (ex-library)/Good. Hardcover. 305 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Viking, USA, 1972. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. Edges of boards have moderate wear. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have moderate bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Prominent brown marks from adhesive tape on front and rear endpapers. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A brilliant and beautifully written novel in the tradition of Robert Graves' I, Claudius, Augustus is a sweeping narrative that brings vividly to life a compelling cast of historical figures through their letters, dispatches, and memoirs. A mere eighteen years of age when his uncle, Julius Caesar, is murdered, Octavius Caesar prematurely inherits rule of the Roman… Leer más

New York: The Viking Press, 1972. Good/Very Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. 305 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Green and red boards stamped in copper. Map endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket is creased and worn along edges with a one-inch closed tear along top edge near rear flap. Very shallow chipping at spine ends and some green discoloration to jacket verso. Boards heavily chipped with exposure size of a silver dollar at bottom of spine. Lightly worn and sunned along edges with one additional small nick along top edge. Binding sound. Some faint markings to preliminaries but pages otherwise unmarked. John Williams' fourth novel and winner of the 1973 National Book Award, sharing the honor with Chimera by John Barth.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking, 1972. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Sadly this copy has sustained rather badly bumped bottom tips. Otherwise a superior copy, looks great on the shelf. National Book Award Winner. Author of Stoner.