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The Counterlife
by Roth, Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller
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Southampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Library. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. Signed First Edition. Published by Franklin Library, 1986. Octavo. Bound in red leather stamped in gold with gilt stained page ends. Gilt decoration to boards and spine. Three raised spine bands, patterned endpapers and sewn-in satin bookmark. Signed by author on page in front. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. No bookplates or ownership markings. A fine copy of this wonderful leatherbound edition of this novel by Philip Roth. Frontispiece by Herbert Tauss. Publisher's infor sheet laid in. 324 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
Synopsis
The Counterlife (1986) is a novel by the American author Philip Roth. It is the fourth full novel to feature the fictional novelist Nathan Zuckerman. However, when The Counterlife was published, Zuckerman had most recently appeared in a novella called The Prague Orgy, the epilogue to Zuckerman Bound. It is reported that French director Arnaud Desplechin is working on a screen adaptation of the novel.
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- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 138953
- Title
- The Counterlife
- Author
- Roth, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Quantity Available
- 4
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
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About the Seller
Southampton Books
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Southampton, New York
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- New
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- 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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