The Black Book
by Durrell, Lawrence
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; 250pp; DJ clean & bright, boards square, clean & bright, bookplate to front pastedown, previous owner's stamp to FEPs & title page, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. The author's first novel, which was written in 1936, but not published until 1960 after he'd already made a name for himself. The story is set in a moldering London residential hotel which shelters a group of strange, impassioned people.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Happy Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017277
- Title
- The Black Book
- Author
- Durrell, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- literature fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...