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THE OLD DEVILS
por Amis, Kingsley
- Usado
- Bom
- Capa dura
- Assinado
- first
- Condição
- Bom
- ISBN 10
- 0091637902
- ISBN 13
- 9780091637903
- Livreiro
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Covina, California, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London: Hutchinson, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. #89 of 250 copies signed by the author. Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize. Octavo. Original marbled paper-covered boards over a brown cloth spine, with gilt titles. A fine copy. Accompanied by the original glassine wrapper, which is chipped at the spine heel.
Sinopse
Kingsley William Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He was the recipient of the Man Booker prize in 1986 for the superbly written novel The Old Devils . The book is centered in Wales and revolves around the lives of several Welsh couples in their sixties. Alun and Rhiannon Weaver cause a commotion when they return to Wales after several years in England and begin associating with their former group of friends. Alun is a writer and is somewhat of a celebrity, and his wife Rhiannon was the girlfriend of Alums’ old acquaintance, Peter Thomas. Alun also has somewhat of a past with several ladies in the group of friends, thus causing a level of anxiety for the husbands. While drinking in the house of an acquaintance, Weaver dies suddenly, leaving the rest of the group to pick up the pieces of their brief reunion. The story is rendered in a reader-friendly prose style and is considered a brilliant novel of great honesty.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 66058
- Título
- THE OLD DEVILS
- Autor
- Amis, Kingsley
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Bom
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091637902
- ISBN 13
- 9780091637903
- Editorial
- Hutchinson
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1986
- Palavras-chave
- Literature. Comic Novels, Booker Prizer
Termos da venda
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Sobre o Vendedor
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Membro de Biblio desde 2008
Covina, California
Sobre Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Glossário
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Glassine Wrapper
- A thin, partially transparent or translucent paper covering often used ...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
