The Sweet Shop Owner
by Swift, Graham
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Avon, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Allen Lane, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First UK edition of the author's first book. Spine ever so lightly cocked else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper which suffers from some light fading to spine, a flaw that aflicts most copies of this title to one extent or another. SIGNED by Swift on the title page. Signed by Author.
Synopsis
Graham Swift was born in 1949 in London, where he still lives and works. He is the author of six novels, including the acclaimed Waterland , which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Guardian Fiction Award. His most recent novel, Last Orders , won the 1996 Booker Prize and was an international bestseller. Graham Swift's work has been translated into more than twenty languages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Derringer Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007782
- Title
- The Sweet Shop Owner
- Author
- Swift, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Allen Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Literature, First Book, Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature / First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Derringer Books
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Avon, Connecticut
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...