FREE FALL
de GOLDING, WILLIAM
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good (+)/VG
- Librería
-
Long Beach, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: FARBER AND FARBER, 1959 253 numbered pgs.+5. HBw/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; light foxing to edges, slightly cocked, PO info erased ffep. Cover: lt red, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear, back bottom corner bumped. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, lt blue/cream artwork and red/black titls front/spine, black tect to white back; light soil, sm chip front. Golding's 4th novel
Sinopsis
"I was standing up, pressed back against the wall, trying not to breathe. I got there in the one movement my body made. My body had many hairs on legs and belly and chest and head, and each had its own life; each inherited a hundred thousand years of loathing and fear for things that scuttle or slide or crawl." from Free Fall Sammy Mountjoy, artist, rises from poverty and an obscure birth to see his pictures hung in the Tate Gallery. Swept into World War II, he is taken as a prisoner-of-war, threatened with torture, then locked in a cell of total darkness to wait. He emerges from his cell like Lazarus from the tomb, seeing infinity in a grain of sand and eternity in an hour. Transfigured by his ordeal, he begins to realize what man can be and what he has gradually made of himself through his own choices. He determines to find the exact point at which the accumulated weight of those choices has deprived him of free will.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Independent Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 020203
- Título
- FREE FALL
- Autor
- GOLDING, WILLIAM
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good (+)
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- VG
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First U.K. Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- FARBER AND FARBER
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1959
- Tamaño
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
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Independent Books deals in used, antiquarian, and rare collectible volumes. Our books are in great condition -- we provide value to you by offering the book in the best condition for the best price, and we frequently have one-of-a-kind collectibles in extraordinary shape. A tremendous resource for the discriminating collector/connoisseur. Service and client satisfaction are our hallmarks. We are glad to conduct research or locate a difficult-to-find title. Our book rating standards are as follows; nearly all of our stock is VG or better: As New (AN)-just as states, clean, bright, tight, no defects. Fine-AN, but not as bright, minor marks or other minor defects. Very Good (VG)-small to modest tears, chips, marks, cocked etc. Good (G)-not so much, with larger tears or chips, possibly soiled, cocked, etc. Fair-ugly, with pages or large areas of DJ missing or other major defects. Poor(P)-truly ugly, disbound or requiring other major rehabilitation. We stabilize most minor defects with archival quality materials, and with few exceptions, these stabilizations are reversible
Glosario
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
