The Moviegoer
by Walker Percy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. The April 1962 stated 4th printing, in a 1st printing dustjacket (with the "$3.95" price and the "0561" code along the jacket front flap). Solid and VG (very small name tag at the front free endpaper) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and the upper tips, and very light soiling to the panels. Walker Percy's highly-infuential 1st novel and the 1962 National Book Award winner, in its wonderfully-designed Paul Bacon dustjacket.
Synopsis
The Moviegoer was published in 1961 by Walker Percy. This novel tells the story of Binx Bolling, a young businessman in New Orleans after the Korean war who feels alienated from his own life. His life is full of daydreams, and he tends to find more meaning in movies and books than in his own routine life.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19648
- Title
- The Moviegoer
- Author
- Walker Percy
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- rare first books, rare author's first books, rare Southern literature, rare Southern literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...