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Difficulties With Girls
de Kingsley Amis
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Near Fine
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
London: Hutchinson, 1988. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this novel, signed by Kingsley Amis to the title page. In the original unclipped dustwrapper designed by Patrick McCreeth. Kingsley Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. Amis's first novel Lucky Jim was an immediate success and marked the beginning of a long career in writing. He wrote more than 40 books, including 20 novels and many volumes of poetry. In 2008, The Times ranked Amis 13th on their list of the top fifty greatest British writers since 1945. Difficulties With Girls is Amis's nineteenth novel and is the sequel to Take a Girl Like You, which was published thirty years earlier. In a blue cloth binding in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally in excellent condition with some slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Dustwrapper is in excellent condition, with some shelfwear to the extremities including some bumping to the head and tail of the spine.Small closed tear to rear flyleaf. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Ink inscription dated 'Christmas 88' to front blank. Signed by Amis to the title page. Fine
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 588K21
- Título
- Difficulties With Girls
- Autor
- Kingsley Amis
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Hutchinson
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1988
- Tamaño
- 9" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- Take a Girl Like You Signed Books Lucky Jim Modern Fiction Signed Books
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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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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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
