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Paradox Lost
by SINCLAIR, Marianne; MOZELY, Charles (DJ design)
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1963. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Original rust cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Spine cocked, top and leading edges foxed. Inscribed by Sinclair in blue biro to ffep, reflecting wittily on her novel's remaindering: "pleasant because it really makes you feel you have a book behind you" and signed off "The author� remaindered but not yet pulped," gently handled. In Mozely's knowing & sharply observed dust jacket: chipping and wear to extremities, joints rubbed. Still, a nice copy of Sinclair's first novel, whose theme is "the paradox of innocence" and "that only remembered experience counts". Very good/ very good Marianne Sinclair (n�e Alexandre; b. 1940) "is French," a translator of Diderot and Marcel Aym� and a cultural critic (back flap). Her husband was the British novelist, historian and filmmaker, Andrew Sinclair. Paradox Lost was published in paperback as The Corruption of Innocence by Panther in 1965.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2678
- Title
- Paradox Lost
- Author
- SINCLAIR, Marianne; MOZELY, Charles (DJ design)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts;
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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