The Human Age. Book One: Childermass. Book Two: Monstre Gai; Book Three: Malign Fiesta. Illustrations by Michael Ayrton.
by LEWIS, Wyndham
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1956/1955. Methuen, London. 1956; 1955. 2 vols. DWs designed by Michael Ayrton. Book One is first edition thus. Book One ex-library but clean apart from small purple stamp to verso of title-page and old tape marks to rear paste-down end-paper and rear flap of DW. Sl. wear to DWs incl. browned spine and rubbed extremities esp. to Book One which has a few tiny portions missing along edges.
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Details
- Seller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 91770
- Title
- The Human Age. Book One: Childermass. Book Two: Monstre Gai; Book Three: Malign Fiesta. Illustrations by Michael Ayrton.
- Author
- LEWIS, Wyndham
- Book Condition
- Used
- Date Published
- 1956/1955
- Keywords
- FICTION, MODERN FIRSTS modernism
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About the Seller
Addyman Books
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Spine
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- Paste-down
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- Edges
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- E.P.
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- First Edition
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