Choice of Straws
by BRAITHWAITE, E.R
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Bodley Head, 1965. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo; brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 198pp. Corners tapped (though still sharp), rough erasure to front endpaper, with a small British booksellers label to front pastedown; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped, lighlty soiled at spine, with corner wear and a short tear to lower corner of front flap and some scattered staining to spine on verso; Very Good+. Braithwaite's third novel, exploring the complex dynamics of inter-racial relationships in mid-20th century England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19066
- Title
- Choice of Straws
- Author
- BRAITHWAITE, E.R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.