Four and Twenty Virgins
by MCCLURE, James
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Gollancz, 1973. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20cm); red paper-covered boards titled in gilt on the spine; dustjacket; 191pp.; lower spine end gently pushed; minor dust / soil to textblock; heavy erasure to front free endpaper; Very Good+. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced £1.80 net) with minor rubbing; Near Fine+.
"McClure switches to England- an England equally savage and alien: the underworld of the Seventies. Here is another sick society, but one in which powerful conservatives rather than radicals are pressing for reform." (from the dustjacket) HUBIN, p.266.
"McClure switches to England- an England equally savage and alien: the underworld of the Seventies. Here is another sick society, but one in which powerful conservatives rather than radicals are pressing for reform." (from the dustjacket) HUBIN, p.266.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53949
- Title
- Four and Twenty Virgins
- Author
- MCCLURE, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Great Britain; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...