Set This House on Fire
by Styron, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth/gilt. First published in Great Britain, 1961. Signed by Styron to the ffep (signature only. ) Faint vertical line/trace crease to ffep and rfep else a square tight copy. The DJ in mylar is price clipped else near fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Set This House on Fire, is a novel by William Styron, set in Italy centred on the themes of evil and redemption. The narrator, Leverett, is a lawyer from the South, but the story is primarily told through the recollections of its protagonist, a troubled artist named Cass.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31759
- Title
- Set This House on Fire
- Author
- Styron, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...