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The Adventures of the Young Soldier in Search of The Better World
by Joad, C. E. M
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1943. First edition. Hardback. Good/Good. Mervyn Peake. Faber & Faber, London, July 1943. First edition. Book condition:- good. Corners a little bumped and general light shelf wear. Spine slightly rolled. Covers a little soiled. Internally clean. Small closed tears to upper edge of p31. Upper corner of ffep lightly creased. Endpapers very lightly tanned. Dust jacket condition: good. Unclipped. A little wear around the edges and some chipping to head and tail of spine. Spine discoloured. Joad's Young Soldier goes on a pilgrimage to find the Better World that has been promised him after the war. At the end he finds, in so far as he finds anything at all, that the New World he seeks is, if it is anywhere at all, inside himself. Illustrations by Mervyn Peake.
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- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1303614
- Title
- The Adventures of the Young Soldier in Search of The Better World
- Author
- Joad, C. E. M
- Illustrator
- Mervyn Peake
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Modern Fiction,C. E. M. Joad,Mervyn Peake
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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