The Ascent of F6
by W. H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good Only
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 193. First edition. Cloth. Good/Good Only. 9" by 6". None. A first edition, third impression of this play by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood. This play was the second and most successful Auden-Isherwood collaboration and was first produced by the Mercury Theatre in 1937. In a cloth binding in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, sound with some bumping. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Dustwrapper sound with chipping especially to head and tail of spine. Spine sunned. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with occasional spot and handling mark Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MOD9-E-16
- Title
- The Ascent of F6
- Author
- W. H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 193
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- w h auden CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD mercury theatre the ascent of f6 CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...