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Babel Tower
by Byatt, A S
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0701137185
- ISBN 13
- 9780701137182
- Seller
-
Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1996. First Edition, First Impression. . Cloth Bound Boards. Good/Good. 1996 first edition, first impression. Size large thick octavo, 618 pages. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition good, corners bumped, hinges cracked, pages toned otherwise clean. Dust jacket condition good, creases at corners and edges, spine a little faded, not price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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 #
- 016999
- Title
- Babel Tower
- Author
- Byatt, A S
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0701137185
- ISBN 13
- 9780701137182
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- FICTION MODERNIST 1960S SIXTIES REVOLUTIONARY
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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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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