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THE WASP FACTORY
de Banks, Iain
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- First
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Macmillan, 1984. First Edition. The Scottish author's first published novel, narrated by a psychopathic teenager living on a remote Scottish island. "Sixteen-year-old Francis Cauldhame contemplates ritual animal and insect sacrifice, casual murder and family secrets as he waits for the cataclysmic return of his older brother, an escaped lunatic" (Barron, Horror Literature: A Reader's Guide 4-19). First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-184pp. Light wear to spine ends, upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), with some rough erasure to upper front endpaper; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £7.95 net), with mild external wear, and eleven faint patches of tape residue (not actual tape) on verso; Very Good+ or better.
Sinopsis
The Wasp Factory was the first novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks. It was published in 1984.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 5408
- Título
- THE WASP FACTORY
- Autor
- Banks, Iain
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Macmillan
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1984
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
Sobre Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
