The Last September
by Elizabeth Bowen
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. 3033pp. Original cloth covered boards. Stated First Borzoi Edition. Previous owners name and date on FEP as well as small bookship sticker. Inner pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowed with age. Oute rpage edges are scuffed/dust soiled. Hinges are creaded and text block is pulling away from boards but pages are still secure. Covers are sunned/scuffed/ink-rubbed/dust soiled with bumping to head/heel of spine, rubbing to extremities. Title to spine is faded. Reading copy. . First Borzoi Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Elizabeth Bowen was born in Dublin in 1899. She wrote many acclaimed novels, including The Heat if the Day and Eva Trout . She was awarded the CBE (Commander if the Order of the British Empire) in 1948. She died in 1973.
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Details
- Bookseller
- after-words bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144005
- Title
- The Last September
- Author
- Elizabeth Bowen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Borzoi Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
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- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
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