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Holy Deadlock
by Herbert, A. P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G/No dj
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1934 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Rental Library. Red cloth with blind-stamped birds in cage on front board, 372 pp. Corners bumped, extremities rubbed, boards and edges soiled, dj flap tipped onto front paste-down, a strip of paper tipped onto rfep covering stamped due dates, generally loose. "The amazing and ludicrous adventures of two young people who want to have a decent and amicable divorce...." Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First US Edition. . G/No dj. 20 X 14 cm.
Synopsis
Holy Deadlock is a 1934 satirical novel by the English author A. P. Herbert, which aimed to highlight the perceived inadequacies and absurdities of contemporary divorce law. The book took a particularly lenient view of the need for divorces, which it characterised as "a relief from misfortune, not a crime", and demonstrated how the current system created an environment which encouraged the participants to commit perjury and adultery.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LIFI00023
- Title
- Holy Deadlock
- Author
- Herbert, A. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1934
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 20 X 14 cm
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About the Seller
Twin City Antiquarian Books
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About Twin City Antiquarian Books
We are mail-order sellers of used and out-of-print books, selling on the Web since 2000.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- 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...
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