The Life of Kingsley Amis
by Leader, Zachary
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Hopewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Small Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches; 240 x 160 mm), 996 pages, black quarter cloth over boards, titles in silver to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
A massive biography of one of the 20th century's most important literary figures.
CONDITION: Near Fine with a bit of scuffing to the boards. The unclipped dust jacket is also Near Fine, with some light shelf wear.
Synopsis
Zachary Leader is Professor of English Literature at the Roehampton University. His books include On Modern British Fiction (2002) and Revision and Romantic Authorship (1999). His editing of Kingsley Amis’s Letters was described as “omniscient” by John Carey in the Sunday Times . From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 159
- Title
- The Life of Kingsley Amis
- Author
- Leader, Zachary
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Biography; Angry Young Men
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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