One by One
by GILLIATT, Penelope [née Penelope Ann Douglass Conner]
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About This Item
New York: Atheneum, 1965. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); green paper-covered boards over brown cloth backstrip, titled in blind on cover and gilt on spine; yellow topstain; yellow dustjacket by Lawrence Ratzkin; 190pp. Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95) with evidence of price sticker removal on the upper front panel; mild sunning to spine; Very Good+.
Film critic's debut novel exploring homosexuality and a pandemic of unknown origins. "London - the London of Now - is terrorized by the Plague. Not a Nuclear Holocaust. That would be too simple. Too easy. No - a Plague. Origins unknown. Cure: none. Death comes not at once or Together, but Singly. One by One." (from the dustjacket). Not in YOUNG.
Film critic's debut novel exploring homosexuality and a pandemic of unknown origins. "London - the London of Now - is terrorized by the Plague. Not a Nuclear Holocaust. That would be too simple. Too easy. No - a Plague. Origins unknown. Cure: none. Death comes not at once or Together, but Singly. One by One." (from the dustjacket). Not in YOUNG.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53349
- Title
- One by One
- Author
- GILLIATT, Penelope [née Penelope Ann Douglass Conner]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Women; Great Britain; Dystopias;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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
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