The Hothouse by the East River
by Spark, Muriel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670379603
- ISBN 13
- 9780670379606
- Seller
-
Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1973. Bound in the publishers maroon coloured hard boards with contrasting claret coloured cloth to spine. Book sits solid and square. Striking gilt title lettering to spine. The 146 pages are in excellent condition throughout with no inscriptions and are squarely bound. Top edge of pages dyed red and front edge roughcut as published. Double matching maroon coloured endpapers to front and rear. Housed in the distinctive dustwrapper with publishers printed price intact on front inside flap. Protected in a removable archival book sleeve to preserve its condition. The photograph provided is a picture of the book and the dustwrapper and we are happy to send more images on request. A lovely fresh copy of this interesting Muriel Spark title.. First Edition. Fine/Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Rare Book Shelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000428
- Title
- The Hothouse by the East River
- Author
- Spark, Muriel
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670379603
- ISBN 13
- 9780670379606
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- FICTION
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The Rare Book Shelf
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Herefordshire
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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....