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Angel Pavement (1st edition)
by PRIESTLEY, J. B
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Grange over Sands, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
PRIESTLEY, J. B.
Angel Pavement (1st edition)
William Heinemann. London, 1930. 1st edition hardback, Vg, fully bound in blue leather, concave bound, gilt title, gilt top page edges, original silk marker, blind embossed border and banding. 613 pp. Leather has faded somewhat and is gently sunned on spine, some scuffs. Page edges gently dust stained. One neat inscription on front end paper. Good sound binding. FIRST EDITION FICTION, LITERATURE, LEATHER BOUND, PRIESTLEY
43923 hb 18 £27.50
Angel Pavement (1st edition)
William Heinemann. London, 1930. 1st edition hardback, Vg, fully bound in blue leather, concave bound, gilt title, gilt top page edges, original silk marker, blind embossed border and banding. 613 pp. Leather has faded somewhat and is gently sunned on spine, some scuffs. Page edges gently dust stained. One neat inscription on front end paper. Good sound binding. FIRST EDITION FICTION, LITERATURE, LEATHER BOUND, PRIESTLEY
43923 hb 18 £27.50
Synopsis
Angel Pavement is a novel by J. B. Priestley, published in 1930 after the enormous success of The Good Companions. It is often paired with An English Journey (1934). It is a social panorama of the city of London, seen largely through the eyes of the employees of the firm Twigg & Dersingham, on the first floor of No. 8, Angel Pavement.
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- Bookseller
- Daisyroots Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43923
- Title
- Angel Pavement (1st edition)
- Author
- PRIESTLEY, J. B
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FIRST EDITION FICTION, LITERATURE, LEATHER BOUND, PRIESTLEY
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION first editions;
- Size
- 8 vo
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Daisyroots Books Ltd
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