Things as They are
by Horgan, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Great Britain: The Bodley Head Ltd. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Red hard covers with gilt titles to the spine. First Edition. A Very Good++ copy with a tight binding and a bright, unmarked text. Light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and Very Good with light cover scuffing and edgewear. "The story of the illusions of childhood--and how those illusions invariably shatter as we grow up. Young Richard lives in a comforting world of dreams, but as he gets older he sees things as they "really" are: the casual brutality of schoolboys, the faithlessness of adults, the silence of God, the cruelty in his own heart." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 239 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13301
- Title
- Things as They are
- Author
- Horgan, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1965
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Collectibles; Fiction, Classic;
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About the Seller
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Vars, Ontario
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...