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The Alteration
by Amis, Kingsley
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 022401305X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224013055
- Seller
-
nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Jonathan Cape, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. 208pp. In green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Top edge sprayed green. 8vo. Cloth faded on extreme edges. Some mild page toning, else neat, clean and tight. In its original illustrated dust jacket, very lightly bumped on edges in places, a tad sunned over spine. An attractive copy.
Synopsis
KINGSLEY AMIS was born in south London in 1922 and was educated at the City of London School and St John's College, Oxford. After the publication of Lucky Jim in 1954, Kingsley Amis wrote over twenty novels, including The Alteration , winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, The Old Devils , winner of the Booker Prize in 1986, and The Biographer's Moustache , which was to be his last book. He also wrote on politics, education, language, films, television, restaurants and drink. Kingsley Amis was awarded the CBE in 1981 and received a knighthood in 1990. He died in October 1995.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019969
- Title
- The Alteration
- Author
- Amis, Kingsley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- ISBN 10
- 022401305X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224013055
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Fiction, novels, modern fiction firsts
- X weight
- 0 kg
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Sunned
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