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Devil of a State
de Anthony Burgess
- Usado
- Bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bueno/Near Fine
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London, Melbourne and Toronto: Heinemann, 1961. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". None. An excellent first edition of Anthony Burgess' novel, drawing upon his experiences living in Brunei in the late 1950s. The fourth of Burgess' 'exotic novels', the novel was set in an imaginary caliphate named Dunia, and follows an Italian father and son who are in the process of constructing an enormous mosque from marble. This was the author's seventh work, predating his classic 'A Clockwork Orange' by two years.Written by British writer Anthony Burgess, best known for his satire 'A Clockwork Orange'. As well as being a prolific novelist and translator, Burgess composed over two hundred and fifty musical works, although his success as a writer was far greater.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, an English socialite and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. She was featured by Cecil Beaton in 'The Book of Beauty'. Amongst her circle were Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Coco Chanel, Salvador Dali, Winston and Clementine Churchill and Nancy Mitford.A first edition, first impression, complete with a bright and unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, with just a touch of bumping to the tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is a touch sunned to the spine, with just minor bumping to the head of the spine and a small closed tear to the head of the rear board, but is otherwise in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Sinopsis
Devil of a State is a 1961 novel by Anthony Burgess based on his experience living and working in Bandar Seri Begawan in the Southeast Asian sultanate of Brunei, on the island of Borneo, in 1958-59. It is the fourth of what have been classed as Burgess's "exotic novels", the others being Time for a Tiger, The Enemy in the Blanket and Beds in the East.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 793R44
- Título
- Devil of a State
- Autor
- Anthony Burgess
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Heinemann
- Lugar de publicación
- London, Melbourne and Toronto
- Fecha de publicación
- 1961
- Tamaño
- 8" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- Anthony Burgess Devil of a State A Clockwork Orange Modern Fiction Devil of a State
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- First Edition
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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