Angels on Toast
by Powell, Dawn
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679726861
- ISBN 13
- 9780679726869
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Vintage Books, 1990. Book. Near Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 273 pages. Introduction by Gore Vidal. First edition by this publisher, first printing with full number line. Vidal felt Powell "our best comic novelist", while the literary critic Edmund Wilson thought her to be on a level with Anthony Powell. Evelyn Waugh and Muriel Spark. No previous ownership marks. No spine cease. Very minor toning to page edges. A lightly read copy, clean, tight and unmarked. Near very good. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018907
- Title
- Angels on Toast
- Author
- Powell, Dawn
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0679726861
- ISBN 13
- 9780679726869
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Fiction, Comic Novel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
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