The Swell Season
by SKVORECKY, JOSEF
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1982. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Cream coloured boards with gilt lettered spine. Dust jacket with two shorts tears, very good otherwise. Translated by Paul Wilson. Signed by the author Josef Skvorecky and translator Paul Wilson. Both signed on the title page, Skvorecky in brown marker, Wilson in black. First English translation. A nice clean copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2281
- Title
- The Swell Season
- Author
- SKVORECKY, JOSEF
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Lester & Orpen Dennys
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1982
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...