Lucky Jim
by Amis, Kingsley
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.50), lightly toned at the spine and back panel, a small circular stain on the "L" in "Lucky". Red buckram with white ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Amis's debut novel about college professor Jim Dixon. The novel won the Somerset Maugham Award and was listed as one of the 100 best English-language novels by Time Magazine.
Synopsis
Penguin Modern Classics
Reviews
On Mar 6 2017, a reader said:
I read this book about 50 years ago and have always thought that it was a very fun read. Now I'm buying it for a couple of friends, because I'm sure that they will enjoy this classic also.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5952
- Title
- Lucky Jim
- Author
- Amis, Kingsley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- English Literature, Modern Literature, 20th Century Literature, British Literature, Humor
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
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- Jacket
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- Buckram
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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