Afternoon Men
by Anthony Powell
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Benson, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1952. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. light shelf wear to book; jacket spine lacking 2.5 cm at bottom, wear at tip and corners, price clipped. The first novel by Anthony Powell. It was first published by Duckworth's in 1931. Reissued by Heinemann in a format similiar to that used in A Dance to the Music of Time. Rather plain jacket in the style employed by Victor Gollancz at the time. Later Heinemann would use jackets in the style of those by Broom-Lynne for all the Powell novels. Uncommon thus. Lilley A.1(b) 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Shed (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008677
- Title
- Afternoon Men
- Author
- Anthony Powell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Dance to the Music of Time
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthony Powell and His Friends;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Book Shed
Biblio member since 2007
Benson, Vermont
About The Book Shed
The Book Shed, now an internet only bookshop, has been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association for over twenty years. We stock good, hand selected books in a wide range of subjects. Our inventory of thousands is deep in cook books, philosophy and religion, American history and literature, especially British fiction particularly the works of and about Anthony Powell and his twelve novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time. We also invite you to browse or listings of rock and jazz vinyl records.Items may be purchased through our website via PayPal or by contacting us directly to arrange payment. Occasionally additional shipping will be required for heavy items or sets most often for overseas delivery. Every effort is made to have your purchase in the US postal system within 24 hours. Please call (802) 345-3081 if you wish to use other delivery services.Like us on Facebook or you may also find us on the web at ABE Books, Biblio or Amazon. We work hard to maintain a five star rating on these sites.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....