A Singular Man
by J. P. Donleavy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Bodley Head, 1964. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1964. First Edition. 340 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are bright and clear with light tanning and fairly heavy foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Minor dog-eared corners, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Faded pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light surface wear, with small tears and creasing to spine ends, edges and corners.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1693216034ADA
- Title
- A Singular Man
- Author
- J. P. Donleavy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head
- Date Published
- 1964
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...