All About H. Hatterr
by Desani, G. V
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo. Blue cloth with red and black spine, in original dust jacket, unclipped and with publisher's wrap around band. Book with very light fade to spine, jacket spine faded with wear to edges and a few shallow chips and rips. Jacket a bit wrinkled at back otherwise very good. Book clean and tight. A very nice copy.
Synopsis
G. V. Desani (1909—2001) was born Nairobi, Kenya and raised in India. In the late 1930s, and throughout the war, he was a BBC broadcaster and lectured on India. He contributed regularly to The Times of India 's Illustrated Weekly and produced a weekly opinion page called "Very High and Very Low." He moved to the United States in 1970 to teach at Boston University and subsequently the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a Professor of Religion and Philosophy. Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) was a prolific novelist, composer, librettist, essayist, semanticist, translator, and critic. He is best known for the novel A Clockwork Orange .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1584
- Title
- All About H. Hatterr
- Author
- Desani, G. V
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
Glossary
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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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....
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