Angel Pavement.
by PRIESTLEY, J.B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Heineman, 1930. . First edition, deluxe issue, number 550 of 1025 copies signed by the author; 8vo; frontispiece portrait, some toning and minor spotting; publisher's buckram, t.e.g., others uncut.
The novel most famously associated with John Boynton Priestley; here in the special deluxe issue. The story serves as a social panorama of London at the time, set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, taken from the perspective of the clerks of the firm Twigg & Dersingham, at No. 8, Angel Pavement, where the arrival of the mysterious Mr. Golspie in 1930 upsets their routine existence.
The novel most famously associated with John Boynton Priestley; here in the special deluxe issue. The story serves as a social panorama of London at the time, set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, taken from the perspective of the clerks of the firm Twigg & Dersingham, at No. 8, Angel Pavement, where the arrival of the mysterious Mr. Golspie in 1930 upsets their routine existence.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102723
- Title
- Angel Pavement.
- Author
- PRIESTLEY, J.B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Heineman, 1930.
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