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The Alteration
by Amis, Kingsley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670115223
- ISBN 13
- 9780670115228
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1977. Near Fine condition in bright, shiny, Near Fine dust jacket. Not price clipped ($7.95). No chips or tears. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Winner of the John W. Campbell Award for 1977. From the Dust Jacket: "Amis evinces powers of satire, imagination, and sheer storytelling impetus that will surprise even his most ardent admirers, and delight and move all fans, old and new." Original cream-colored cloth spine and black boards. This book is #80 in SCIENCE FICTION, THE 100 BEST NOVELS by David Pringle. ANATOMY OF WONDER (1995) 4-8. . First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Graboff, Abner (dust jacket design). 8vo. 210pp.
Synopsis
KINGSLEY AMIS was born in south London in 1922 and was educated at the City of London School and St John's College, Oxford. After the publication of Lucky Jim in 1954, Kingsley Amis wrote over twenty novels, including The Alteration , winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, The Old Devils , winner of the Booker Prize in 1986, and The Biographer's Moustache , which was to be his last book. He also wrote on politics, education, language, films, television, restaurants and drink. Kingsley Amis was awarded the CBE in 1981 and received a knighthood in 1990. He died in October 1995.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013413
- Title
- The Alteration
- Author
- Amis, Kingsley
- Illustrator
- Graboff, Abner (dust jacket design)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670115223
- ISBN 13
- 9780670115228
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction / Fantasy;
- Size
- 8vo. 210pp
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