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Possession: A Romance (Modern Library)
by Byatt, A.S.; Byatt, A.S. (Introduction)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679642382
- ISBN 13
- 9780679642381
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U. S. A.: Modern Library, 2000. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Modern Library Edition (First Thus) With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. The Book Is Bound In Gray Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering On The Spine.
Synopsis
Antonia Susan Duffy, commonly known as A. S. Byatt was born in 1936, and is an English novelist and poet. This fascinating author won the Man Booker prize in 1990 for Possession , a beautifully written story about a duel set of discoveries that continues on through the course of the tale. When Roland Mitchell comes across a letter from Randolph Henry Ash to Christabel La Motte in the course of typical research, he is so enthralled that he takes the letter home with him. Randolph Henry Ash, a nineteenth-century poet, is the subject of Roland’s life work thus far, and the new discovery could reveal untold new information about his character. Teaming up with Maud Bailey, who is one of Christabel’s descendants they follow a trail of clues from various letters and journals; seeking to discover the true nature of their relationship, and solve the mysteries of where and what happened before the other scholars can do so. Possession is a complex, layered book, brimming with descriptive imagery and rich with allusion.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041287
- Title
- Possession: A Romance (Modern Library)
- Author
- Byatt, A.S.; Byatt, A.S. (Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679642382
- ISBN 13
- 9780679642381
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U. S. A.
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 605
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Manuscripts - Collectors And Collecting - Fiction; Literary Historians - Fiction; Poets - Fiction. Literary, Movie or Television Tie-In
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Spine
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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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