On The Black Hill
by CHATWIN, Bruce
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cape, 1982. 8vo, pp. 249. Original grey boards, lettered in gilt on spine. A little light spotting to edges of text block, but a near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with just the lightest of edgewear. First edition. Chatwin's third book, and his first novel.
Synopsis
On the Black Hill is a novel by Bruce Chatwin published in 1982 and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for that year. In 1987 it was made into a film, directed by Andrew Grieve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Neil Pearson Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1722
- Title
- On The Black Hill
- Author
- CHATWIN, Bruce
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Cape, 1982
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Modern First Editions
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....