The Collector
by FOWLES, JOHN
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape 1963. First edition, uncorrected proof copy, very scarce! Octavo, patterned light card covers, black lettering to spine, 283pp, VG- (heavy creasing to spine with 2.5cm loss to bottom spine extrem, heavy sellotape repair to full spine, moderate scuffing to cover edges with light surface loss, light tea cup stain to front cover, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, owners' names in ink to fep, some annotation to pages in pencil throughout)
Synopsis
The Collector is the title of a 1963 novel by John Fowles. It was made into a movie in 1965.
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Details
- Seller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 240577
- Title
- The Collector
- Author
- FOWLES, JOHN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape 1963
- Keywords
- modern first edition literature fiction horror John Fowles uncorrected proof thriller
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- 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....
- 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
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- Uncorrected Proof
- An uncorrected proof is a printed copy of a book that needs to be reviewed for errors and corrections. They are released prior...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...