The Brightfount Diaries [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
by ALDISS, Brian W
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1955. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo; blue cloth, with titles stamped in yellow on spine; dustjacket; 200pp; illus. Bookplate signed by Aldiss loosely laid in. Upper right corner of front board gently tapped, with faint vertical crease through center of front board; Very Good+. Dustjacket deeply price-clipped, else Near Fine. The author's first book, told in diary format, based on his experiences working in a bookshop.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23550
- Title
- The Brightfount Diaries [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
- Author
- ALDISS, Brian W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Good+
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- Bookplate
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