A Buyer's Market
by Anthony Powell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/Fine Facsimile Jacket
- Seller
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Benson, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1955. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good-/Fine Facsimile Jacket. light wear to covers, professionally rebacked with the original spine laid on, new spine label. Interior clean and unmarked, in a fine facsimile dust jacket. A copy from the library of Cyril Ray of Albany, London with his signature and bookplate. Ray, a resident of the very literary Albany from WWII to the mid fifties was the editor of The Compleat Imbiber, a periodical of wine and spirits, to which Anthony Powell was an occasional contributor. First published in June 1952, this one dated February 1951. Lilley A.9. Lilley notes a reprint of 3000 copies in October 1956 but fails to note this one. The second novel in the Music of Time series with an association to the Dance and Powell milieu. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!
Synopsis
Anthony Powell was born in 1905. He served in the army during World War II. He is the author of seven other novels, and four volumes of memoirs, To Keep the Ball Rolling .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Shed
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2004660
- Title
- A Buyer's Market
- Author
- Anthony Powell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Fine Facsimile Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Music Time Dance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthony Powell and His Friends;
Terms of Sale
The Book Shed
Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, personal checks or money orders accepted.(on US funds, may be held for clearance.) All purchases are returnable for any reason.
About the Seller
The Book Shed
Biblio member since 2007
Benson, Vermont
About The Book Shed
The Book Shed, now an internet only bookshop, has been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association for over twenty years. We stock good, hand selected books in a wide range of subjects. Our inventory of thousands is deep in cook books, philosophy and religion, American history and literature, especially British fiction particularly the works of and about Anthony Powell and his twelve novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time. We also invite you to browse or listings of rock and jazz vinyl records.Items may be purchased through our website via PayPal or by contacting us directly to arrange payment. Occasionally additional shipping will be required for heavy items or sets most often for overseas delivery. Every effort is made to have your purchase in the US postal system within 24 hours. Please call (802) 345-3081 if you wish to use other delivery services.Like us on Facebook or you may also find us on the web at ABE Books, Biblio or Amazon. We work hard to maintain a five star rating on these sites.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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