The Trick Of It

172 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter red cloth with gilt lettering to spine over beige boards in original pictorial jacket. First American edition. The Trick of It is a 1989 novel by Michael Frayn. It is written in the form of a series of letters to a colleague in Melbourne and tells the… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket with light wear. Penciled price to a blank front endpaper. Some mild smudging/soil to pages. Otherwise clean and intact throughout. Please see image. 172 pages.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin. Very Good+/Very Good+. 1990. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0670829854 Has Small Pub Remainder Mark .

Viking, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Viking, 1989. Frayn's The Trick of It is a comic and painful voyage of exploration into the creative process and the feelings it arouses in others. The humble academic disciple finds himself admitted to his subject's life, and off to his oldest friend go a series of dispatches - by turns awed and patronizing, reverential and jealous, disingenuous… Read more about this item

Viking, 1990-03-27. Hardcover. Very Good. 0.9000 8.4000 5.6000. Minor wear on the covers, corner, and the edges. Like shelf wear.

Viking, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. This signed first edition first printing is in near fine condition with a very good unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. An excellent clean copy.

London: Viking Pr, 1989. Book. Book: Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. A beautiful copy with a hint of shelfwear to jacket. Text clean, binding strong. [Montreal Books Rating System: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].

London: Viking, 1990. Hardcover. First edition. Marks and scores on dust jacket. Jacket spine foot and rear lower leading corner are very slightly creased. Jacket is glued to boards. Hardcover spine ends are a little bumped. Endpapers are marked. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Used.

New York: Viking. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670829854 . Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Dust jacket shows some toning to front and rear panels. ; 8.40 X 5.60 X 0.90 inches; 176 pages .

London: Viking, 1989 0670829854. First printing. First edition. Hardback. Good/Good. Ex-library with usual stamps etc. Mylar-bound and unclipped DW. 172 pages. .

London: Viking London 1995, 1989 Very good book book, spine ends slightly creased, pages Age Tanned/Browned with two tiny foxing spots at the top text block edge. The dust jacket is near fine with some edge creasing mostly at the head of the spine, faded spine and slight surface wear to the lamination of the flaps. First edition, first printing.… Read more about this item

Viking, 1989-09-18. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Jacket. 8x6x1. First Edition, first impression. Price clipped jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

New York: Viking , 1990. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine, Dust jacket fine..

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London, England ; New York, N.Y., USA : Viking, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 171p. ; 23cm. Subjects: College teachers -- Fiction.

Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1992-05-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Viking, 1989-09-18. Hardcover. Good. 8x6x1. First edition. Book is in good condition. Slight discolouration to the pages. Clipped dust jacket.

London: Viking. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670829854 . Stiff clean book in rubbed dust jacket. ; 8.4 X 5.6 X 0.9 inches; 176 pages .

(England), Viking, (1989).. First UK Edition; 8vo; pp. (vi), 172; dustjacket; minor browning to pages, minor flecking to page edges, otherwise a very good copy. Authors signature on front free endpaper