From a View to a Death
by Anthony Powell
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/good
- Seller
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Benson, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1954. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 1954 First thus edition. Jacket rubbed/spotted, price-clipped; wear to tips corners and edges of the book and jacket with loss to the upper spine tip of the jacket; top edge dusty. Clean and unmarked. First printing of this edition. The first Heinemann edition of Powell's third novel in the simple green and white jacket. Lilley A.3 (b) (ii), 2,000 copies bound from the sheets of the 1948 Lehmann Holiday Library edition. This novel, considered by some to be Powell's most accessible, was first published by Duckworth in 1933. It was reissued by Heinemann after the success of the first two novels in the Dance to the Music of Time sequence. Later still it was re-issued like all the 'pre-war" novels in the same size and with a jacket in the style of the Dance novels. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Shed (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2004765
- Title
- From a View to a Death
- Author
- Anthony Powell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Dance to the Music of Time
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthony Powell and His Friends;
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About the Seller
The Book Shed
Biblio member since 2007
Benson, Vermont
About The Book Shed
The Book Shed, now an internet only bookshop, has been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association for over twenty years. We stock good, hand selected books in a wide range of subjects. Our inventory of thousands is deep in cook books, philosophy and religion, American history and literature, especially British fiction particularly the works of and about Anthony Powell and his twelve novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time. We also invite you to browse or listings of rock and jazz vinyl records.Items may be purchased through our website via PayPal or by contacting us directly to arrange payment. Occasionally additional shipping will be required for heavy items or sets most often for overseas delivery. Every effort is made to have your purchase in the US postal system within 24 hours. Please call (802) 345-3081 if you wish to use other delivery services.Like us on Facebook or you may also find us on the web at ABE Books, Biblio or Amazon. We work hard to maintain a five star rating on these sites.
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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
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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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...