A Lizard and Other Distractions (SIGNED COPY)
de Philip Ward
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine Condition/Very Good
- Librería
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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Magpie Press, London, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Signed by Author. Philip Ward, born 1938 in Harrow, England, was founder and Publisher of the "Private Library". ÂA Lizard and Other Distractions possess the unexpected unity of a graph plotted on the haphazard path of a barometric needle. Philip Ward is already known as an inventive playwright (in A Musical Breakfast from the Brewhouse Press) and as a sensitive lyric poet (in Seldom Rains and At the Best of Times from the Oleander Press). Although some of these stories have appeared in Transatlantic Review, The Quest, Labris, Quixote and elsewhere, this is their first publication in book form. Philip Ward's persona glides like a lizard from that of a German doctor on Patmos to a Russian schoolboy's. The disruption of logic is demonstrated . with impeccable logic. A story is set in the period after history. There are autobiographical sketches of wit and originality about stones, World War II, and divorce, linked by a strong underlying current of myth. This is a collection that will enhance the reputation of the Director of the Libyan Research Library, whose recent books include the Touring Libya trilogy (Faber and Faber) and 'Spanish Literary Appreciation ( University of London Press). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 58 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. in archive acetate film protection. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. brown cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Literature & Literary. Signed by Author. Inventory No: 4167. .
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- Librería
- Bookbarrow (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 4167
- Título
- A Lizard and Other Distractions (SIGNED COPY)
- Autor
- Philip Ward
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine Condition
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Magpie Press
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1969
- Palabras clave
- BZDB227 Fiction/Literature/Literary/Short Stories Fiction; Short Stories; Literature & Literary. Signed by Author Unbranded Philip Ward A Lizard and Other Distractions (SIGNED COPY)
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