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Nights at the Alexandra
by William Trevor
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0091684609
- ISBN 13
- 9780091684600
- Seller
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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First Edition. First Impression. Beautifully Illustrated throughout by Paul Hogarth. Hardcover. Quarter bound in black cloth with red cloth to boards. Gilt lettering to spine with decorative gilt signature to front board. Hutchinson (London), 1987. 71 pages. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Very minor foxing to head of text block. Slight crease to front top edge of dust jacket.
A story of Protestants and Germans in Ireland during the Second World War and the experience of being somehow a stranger in your homeland.
Synopsis
William Trevor was born in Ireland in 1928. He is the author, most recently, of Felicia's Journey and Death in Summer . He lives in England.
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- Bookseller
- Quinn Rare Books
(IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IL005
- Title
- Nights at the Alexandra
- Author
- William Trevor
- Illustrator
- Paul Hogarth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. Quarter binding in black cloth with red cloth to boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Impression.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0091684609
- ISBN 13
- 9780091684600
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 71
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- William Trevor, Paul Hogarth, Irish Literature, Second World War, Short Stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quinn Rare Books
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Dublin, Dublin
About Quinn Rare Books
We specialise in rare and out of print books of Irish interest. We are book collectors ourselves and strive to offer buyers the best value for the highest quality books.
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- 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...
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