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The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
by Miller, Henry
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Extremities bumped. Spine slightly sunned at head. Dust jacket sunned at spine, chipped at the foldings, damaged at the head of
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Budapest, Hungary
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg, 1947. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his Polish translator. First UK edition. In publisher's blue cloth, with the original printed dust jacket. Extremities bumped. Spine slightly sunned at head. Dust jacket sunned at spine, chipped at the foldings, damaged at the head of the spine, with trace of old restoration. Inside clean, in fine condition.. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his Polish translator. First UK edition. In publisher's blue cloth, with the original printed dust jacket. 292 p.
Inscribed association copy of Miller's memoir, originally published in 1945.
Inscribed to Miller's Polish translator, Zygmunt Łanowski "who has experienced all the nightmares", in 1950. Łanowski (1911-1989) was a Polish translator of English and Nordic languages who translated Miller's The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder (Uśmiech u stóp drabiny, 1964).
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- Bookseller
- Foldvaribooks
(HU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1853
- Title
- The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
- Author
- Miller, Henry
- Format/Binding
- In publisher's blue cloth, with the original printed dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremities bumped. Spine slightly sunned at head. Dust jacket sunned at spine, chipped at the foldings, damaged at the head of
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Association copy, inscribed by the author to his Polish translat
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
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As members of The Hungarian Antiquarian Bookseller's Association (MAE) we are also members ILAB-LILA(International League of Antiquarian Booksellers) and hence obliged to follow their Code of Ethic .
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- Association Copy
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- Sunned
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