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In Patagonia.
by CHATWIN, Bruce
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape,, 1977. Inscribed to an eminent Irish collector First edition, first impression, first issue, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Philip Murray, best wishes, Bruce Chatwin, Nov '88". A noted Irish bibliophile and author of The Adventures of a Book Collector (2011), the sale of Murray's library was Ireland's largest ever single sale of first edition books. Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989) was an English travel writer, novelist, and journalist. In 1982 he was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel for his novel On the Black Hill and in 1988 was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for his novel Utz. In Patagonia is Chatwin's first book. This copy is first issue, with printed map endpapers: later issues were blank. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blue map endpapers. With dust jacket. Black and white map frontispiece, 4 black and white double-sided photographic plates. Spine a little cocked, one corner bumped, a few trivial spots of foxing. A near-fine copy in like jacket, spine panel just sunned, unclipped, a touch of foxing to verso and flaps, free from nicks and rubbing, very fresh and sharp.
Synopsis
In Patagonia is an English travel book by Bruce Chatwin, published in 1977. Its ingenuity has become a source of inspiration for travel writers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 155643
- Title
- In Patagonia.
- Author
- CHATWIN, Bruce
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Jonathan Cape,
- Date Published
- 1977
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
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