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Death of a Man
by Boyle, Kay
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Fine with no dust jacket. 1936. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; full gray-green cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; orange topstain. Kay Boyle (1902 – 1992) was an American novelist, short story writer, educator, and political activist. She was a Guggenheim Fellow and O. Henry Award winner. In 1936, she wrote this novel, Death of a Man, set in Austria in the period of the Dollfuss regime, it is an attack on the growing threat of Nazism. . The spine is very lightly sunned, else as new; the volume is in otherwise perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. Scarce in this wonderful condition. NEAR FINE. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (vi), 321 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29411
- Title
- Death of a Man
- Author
- Boyle, Kay
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Stated First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Literature, novels, Fiction, Politics, Nazism, Nazis, Austria, Kay Boyle
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Sunned
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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