A Backward Place

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1965. First U.S. edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, gold paper-covered boards. Fine in close to fine dust jacket.

Touchstone Books. Good. 216mm / 140mm. Paperback. 1990. 192 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned. <br>From Simon & Schuster, A Backward Place is Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's unforgettable work of fi ction. A Backward Place humorously explores contradictions in a ttitudes and lifestyles and the interplay between culture and ind ividuality. But it is also a Dickensian drama, charting… Read more about this item

Touchstone. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

London: John Murray, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. An early novel from the author of the Booker Prize winning novel "Heat and Dust." A tight close to near fine copy in a very good plus price clipped dust jacket that is lightly soiled and has some minor edge wear and a few small edge tears.

London: Murray, 1965. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge nicked dw. Remains particularly well preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp cornered. ; 255 pages; Description: 255 p. 19 cm. Booker Prize winning author. Subjects: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - A Backward Place.

Touchstone Books, 1990. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, NY, U.S.A. : Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks, 1990 VG, unread paperback.. P. Very Good/Unknown.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 1983. A5 - A 4th printing trade paperback book in good condition. Book has glue residue on the front top right corner, some chipping on the front left side, a slight creases on the back top right corner, discoloration on the front sides and back sides, discoloration, and shelf wear. The trouble with… Read more about this item

Touchstone. Used - Like New. Like New condition. With remainder mark. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

London: Penguin, 1987. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1965. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Penguin Books, Great Britain, 1986. Reprint. Softcover. Fair Condition. Six colourful, comic characters inhabit A Backward Place. All but one are Westerners who have come to Delhi to experience an alternative way of life. But, far from being hippies, their ability to adapt to this exotic culture often leaves something to be desired. Etta, an… Read more about this item

Penguin Books. Good. 198mm / 128mm. Paperback. 1980. 189 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned<br>Six colourful, comic charac ters inhabit A Backward Place. All but one are Westerners who hav e come to Delhi to experience an alternative way of life. But, fa r from being hippies, their ability to adapt to this exotic cultu re often leaves something to be… Read more about this item

John Murray, London, 1965. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. 1st printing. 8vo in blue faux cloth, white lettering to spine. 255pp __CONDITION : A well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy (page-block edges tanned, faint signs of erasure to top corner of front blank fly-leaf) in a tanned and slightly edge-nicked but otherwise VERY GOOD un-clipped Dust… Read more about this item

Fireside, 1990-01. Paperback. Used: Good.

Fireside, 1990-01-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Penguin Books, Middlesex, England, 1986. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 192 pages.. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is faded.. Edges and internal pages are brown.. Previous bookseller's sticker to the… Read more about this item

New York: W. W. Norton. 1965. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. F First Edition; First Printing Used. H Hard Cover. Very Good+.

NY: Norton , (1965).. First edition.. 255 pp. Top edge dusty, small tear at crown of spine; in all, very good plus in like dust jacket.

Touchstone, 1/15/1990. Board book. New. SAME DAY SHIPPING! PROCEEDS TO ANIMAL SHELTER [L 2/29/16]