Eva Trout or Changing Scenes
by Bowen, Elizabeth
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. (12) 302 (4) pps. First Edition, 1968. Price clipped. Only the faintest wear to dj with lightly foxing to text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6" x 8.75". Bluish-green cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector..
Synopsis
Elizabeth Bowen was born in Dublin in 1899, the only child of an Irish lawyer and landowner. Her book Bowen's Court (1942) is the history of her family and their house, in County Cork. Throughout her life, she divided her time between London and Bowen's Court, which she inherited. She wrote many acclaimed novels and short story collections, was awarded the CBE in 1948, and was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1965. She died in 1973.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8204
- Title
- Eva Trout or Changing Scenes
- Author
- Bowen, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Keywords
- LITERATURE 20TH-CENTURY MODERN IRISH WOMEN WRITERS WOMENS STUDIES FICTION NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
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- First Edition
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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....
- Price Clipped
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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