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Babel Tower
by A. S. Byatt
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0701137185
- ISBN 13
- 9780701137182
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth Bound Boards. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1996 first edition, first impression with number line. Size large thick octavo, 9.25" tall, 618 pages. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, black paste-downs and end-papers, with the dust jacket. Book condition good plus, corners and spine ends very slightly rubbed, pages are toned otherwise clean. Dust jacket condition good, slight creasing to head of spine, spine a little faded, green paint mark to lower part of rear panel, price has been clipped
Synopsis
A.S. Byatt is the author of Possession , winner of the Booker Prize and a national bestseller. The two novels leading up to Babel Tower , which trace the fortunes of Frederica and her family through the 1950's, are The Virgin in the Garden and Still Life . Byatt's other fiction includes The Shadow of the Sun , The Game , Angels and Insects and two collections of shorter works: Sugar and Other Stories and The Matisse Stories . She has also published three volumes of critical work, of which Passions of the Mind is the most recent. She has taught English and American literature at University College, London, and is a distinguished critic and reviewer. She lives in London.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018230
- Title
- Babel Tower
- Author
- A. S. Byatt
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0701137185
- ISBN 13
- 9780701137182
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 618
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- FICTION MODERNIST 1960S SIXTIES REVOLUTIONARY RURAL FAMILY SAGA LOVE ROMANCE
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
Biblio member since 2007
Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
We are a small family business located in Blackpool, England. We stock a varied range of Antiquarian and Collectable Books; Antiquarian Holy Bibles, Fine Bindings, Literature, Poetry, Military, Travel, First Editions, Illustrated, Childrens', Signed Books and more.
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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