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The Aspern Papers And The Turn Of The Screw (The Penguin English Library)
by Henry James (Author); Anthony Curtis (Edited With An Introduction By)
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140432248
- ISBN 13
- 9780140432244
- Seller
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The Bronx, New York, United States
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About This Item
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, UK, et al. : Penguin Books Ltd, 1985. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 270 pp. Clean, fresh, sharp copy with very light shelfwear and crisp pages. Pen markings throughout text.
Synopsis
With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.
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- Bookseller
- gearbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Aspern Papers And The Turn Of The Screw (The Penguin English Library)
- Author
- Henry James (Author); Anthony Curtis (Edited With An Introduction By)
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140432248
- ISBN 13
- 9780140432244
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, UK, et al.
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Classic Literature, Literary Studies
- Size
- 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall
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Glossary
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- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...