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THE IDLER (signed) by Braybrooke, Neville - 1961

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THE IDLER (signed) by Braybrooke, Neville - 1961

THE IDLER (signed)

by Braybrooke, Neville

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  • Hardcover
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. NF/VG; 156 pages; First edition; near Fine in black cloth titled in silver, faint red crayon mark on front pastedown, inscribed to Chester E. Eisinger, "with the author's best wishes," and initialed on the front free endpaper, and signed and dated on the title page; in a Very Good unclipped dustjacket, tanning evident on the spine and a small coffee stain on the front. Jacket drawing by Terence Durham.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Secker & Warburg
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1961
  • Keywords Rare

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The Idler

by Neville Braybrooke

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Used - Very Good
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No Dust Jacket
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Secker & Warburg, London, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 156 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Secker & Warburg, London, 1961. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Corners of boards are lightly bumped. Edges of pages are slightly foxed. Pages are lightly tanned. Corner has been cut from first end page.. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Inventory No: 22060020..
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The idler

by Neville Braybrooke

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Good
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Secker & Warburg, 1961. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Good+ hardcover in Good+ jacket. 1961. SIGNED/Inscribed by AUTHOR on FFEP. INCLOSED is a a typed air mail letter from author to Professor Franz Schneider. Foxing and light soiling to text edge, otherwise all pages all clean. LIght edewear. Binding solid. Jacket with light soiling/edgewear. Solid. 156 pp..
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The Idler

by Neville Braybrooke

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  • Hardcover
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Condition
Used - Collectible; VG
Jacket Condition
Jacket present as described
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Secker and Warburg, 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Collectible; VG/Jacket present as described. This is the Author's first novel. This hardcover book is Fine, being square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine lettering. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. The dustjacket is Very Good, with minor wear to the points and extremities at the spine. There is moderate darkening to the spine and fore-edge. Original Price is intact. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark. This copy is signed by the Author on the free end page with a personalized inscription.
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The Idler

The Idler

by BRAYBROOKE, Neville

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
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  • first
Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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London: Secker and Warburg, 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Paperclip mark to the first few pages, else fine in very good spine-tanned dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to the poet Richard Lattimore.
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The Idler

by Neville Braybrooke

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  • Hardcover
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Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First edition
Binding
Hardcover
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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London : Secker and Warburg, 1961. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. 7.5" by 5" . None . A signed first edition of The Idler by Neville Braybrooke. The first edition. Signed. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Neville Braybrooke was a poet, novelist, essayist, biographer, and literary critic.The Idler when published did not meet with much success. This is the only novel that he published. The story focuses on a post-war dilemma and its resolution. It is a story focused on how to understand the past. War damages the protagonist's life but this story looks for hope. In the original publisher's cloth in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. Marginal age toning to the flyleaf and reverse of the dust wrapper. The boards are bright and clean. Internally firmly bound. Signed by the author on the title page. The pages are bright and clean. Fine
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