Devil of a State
by Burgess, Anthony
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
W. W. Norton, 1962-01-01. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. The binding is tight, top corners bumped. Text unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling and a trace of soiling, spine lightly toned, bottom corner of the front flap clipped, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 282pp.
Synopsis
Devil of a State is a 1961 novel by Anthony Burgess based on his experience living and working in Bandar Seri Begawan in the Southeast Asian sultanate of Brunei, on the island of Borneo, in 1958-59. It is the fourth of what have been classed as Burgess's "exotic novels", the others being Time for a Tiger, The Enemy in the Blanket and Beds in the East.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JCOSburDS
- Title
- Devil of a State
- Author
- Burgess, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Date Published
- 1962-01-01
- Size
- 8x5x1
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....