Arrow in the Blue: An Autobiography
by KOESTLER, ARTHUR
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Collins/Hamish Hamilton1952. FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled lower page edges, 306pp, VG (light scuffing & discolouration to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, 2x 2cm closed tears to edges, moderate foxing)
Synopsis
Arrow In The Blue is the title of an autobiography by Arthur Koestler covering the first twenty-six years of his life (1905-1931). It was published in 1952 by the publishers Collins with Hamish Hamilton Ltd. and has been reprinted several times.
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- Title
- Arrow in the Blue: An Autobiography
- Author
- KOESTLER, ARTHUR
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- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins/Hamish Hamilton1952
- Keywords
- first edition Arthur Koestler autobiography memoir literary literature
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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