Midnight Oil by Pritchett, V S - 1972

Random House~trade, 1972. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Random House. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Random House~trade, January 1972. Hardcover. USED Good.

New York. 1972. May 1972. Random House. 1st Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0394474759. 273 pages. hardcover. Cover design by Joe Tully. keywords: Literature England . FROM THE PUBLISHER - The second volume of V. S. Pritchett's autobiography, a follow-up to A Cab at the Door, finds Pritchett in 1921 with twenty pounds in his pocket. The author has arrived in Paris to commence the literary career whose development will become the subject of Midnight Oil. The youthful Pritchett - ardent, sensible, innocent - acquires a hat of green velour and a pair of fancy boots - items of bohemian gear belonging to the literary generation just past. He finds work in a photographer's shop, then as a salesman of glue and shellac. Later he takes on a line of ostrich feathers. In his free time he searches for genius in the cafEs of Montparnasse. Genius, however, has settled elsewhere - on the Left Bank, with Gertude Stein and Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Beach and James Joyce. ‘I did not… Read More

Random House~trade, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall). Slight rubbing, few small nicks and creases to jacket; stains to front and rear free endpapers, slight bumping to foredges; else a very good copy internally. [10], 271, [2] pages. Second autobiographical volume of the noted English author (following his acclaimed 'A Cab at the Door').

New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0394474759 .

New York: Random House, 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Random House, 1972. Stated First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Clean olive green cloth boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Some fading to top edges and spine. No bumping or surface wear. Binding is tight and square. Previous owner's name penned on front free endpaper. Pages are very clean, crisp and bright; no writing or marks. 271 pgs. Bright yellow dustjacket is not price clipped with very light edgewear to top of spine (a few very small shallow closed edge tears. Spine is slightly faded. One small closed tear at top right corner of front panel, no creasing. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 6" x 8-1/4". Fiction..

New York: Random House, c1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 271p.