The Dark Monarch. A Portrait from Within
by BERLIN, Sven
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- Hardcover
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Stevenage: Finishing Publications Ltd., 2009.. Second edition. 8vo. (vi), 246, (4) pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and decorated to the upper board, dust jacket. Illustrations by the author throughout. An excellent copy. A cult novel, being a barely fictionalised description of the petty rivalries and squabbles within the artists' community in St. Ives. The book provoked much consternation locally and prompted a libel action leading to the book's early withdrawal from sale. First published in 1962, this is the sole reprint and benefits from the author's glossary of terms and real names hitherto unpublished. Neither edition is common.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45927
- Title
- The Dark Monarch. A Portrait from Within
- Author
- BERLIN, Sven
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Stevenage: Finishing Publications Ltd.
- Date Published
- 2009.
- Keywords
- Literature
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Bow Windows Bookshop
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Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....