Diaries Volume One: 1939 - 1960 [Mail on Sunday reviewer's copy with notes and ALS from editor Paula Johnson]
by Christopher Isherwood
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0413696804
- ISBN 13
- 9780413696809
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Methuen, 1996. Very Good/Very Good. London: Methuen, 1996. First Edition. Octavo; liv, 1048. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with £25.00 price intact; book in blue cloth with silver lettering to spine and two ribbon bookmarks. Reviewer's copy with notes and materials laid in (see below).
Jacket shows some rubbing at spine ends and back panel near tail, with a few light scuffs to surface. Boards are sturdy and square. Rust spots at top of front free endpaper from laid in stapled notes, else pages clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.
Reviewer's copy, with handwritten notes on xeroxed publisher's prospectus and errata. Note from The Mail on Sunday Literary Editor Paula Johnson to prospective reviewer on Mail letterhead card: "David -- The Diaries herewith -- a 116 worder if you will. [?] sometime this week -- definitely by Thursday rather than Friday if you can. And I'm sorry about the [?]. Love Paula." We haven't yet located a copy of the review, nor could we determine what Ms. Johnson was sorry about.
Jacket shows some rubbing at spine ends and back panel near tail, with a few light scuffs to surface. Boards are sturdy and square. Rust spots at top of front free endpaper from laid in stapled notes, else pages clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.
Reviewer's copy, with handwritten notes on xeroxed publisher's prospectus and errata. Note from The Mail on Sunday Literary Editor Paula Johnson to prospective reviewer on Mail letterhead card: "David -- The Diaries herewith -- a 116 worder if you will. [?] sometime this week -- definitely by Thursday rather than Friday if you can. And I'm sorry about the [?]. Love Paula." We haven't yet located a copy of the review, nor could we determine what Ms. Johnson was sorry about.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11363
- Title
- Diaries Volume One: 1939 - 1960 [Mail on Sunday reviewer's copy with notes and ALS from editor Paula Johnson]
- Author
- Christopher Isherwood
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0413696804
- ISBN 13
- 9780413696809
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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