Barabbas : Signed By The Nobel Laureate Author : With The Scarce Promotional Band
by Lagerkvist, Par
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The First UK printing published by Chatto and Windus in 1952. The BOOK is in near FINE condition. Mild pushing at the spine tips with some light toning of the page edges and the text block. Mild offsetting to the blank end papers.The pages are clean and free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near FINE condition. The upper front cover, spine and folds are lightly toned. The red lettering to the spine is faded. The rare wraparound Promotional Band is complete and toned to the spine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival protector. The book has been SIGNED by PARS LAGERKVIST to the title page. Par Lagerkvist was a highly influential writer from his twenties into his seventies and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1951 'for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavors in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind'. The first of Lagerkvist's works to be published in the United States, the novel gives a somewhat fictionalized account of Barabbas, the violent Jewish insurrectionist who, at the behest of the gathered crowd, was freed by Pontius Pilot (then the Prefect of the Roman Province, Judaea) in lieu of the innocent Jesus. Through Barabbas, Lagerkvist explores the fundamental question of good and evil. The book provided the basis for the 1962 Dino De Laurentiis film of the same name starring Anthony Quinn as Barabbas and featuring Arthur Kennedy as Pontius Pilate and Jack Palance as Torvald. Scarce with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2222322244994
- Title
- Barabbas : Signed By The Nobel Laureate Author : With The Scarce Promotional Band
- Author
- Lagerkvist, Par
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus, London
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Nobel, Barabbas, De Laurentis, Lagerkvist, Movie, Palance, Quinn
Terms of Sale
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
Biblio member since 2015
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
About Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
We trade as a family-run internet business in Market Harborough in the heart of the Midlands. We have over 10 years experience of collecting and selling a range of genres, specialising in iconic modern fiction and children's titles. Please feel free to browse our website: www.ashtonrarebooks.com. All items are fully described and if any reasonable discrepancy is noted on arrival to the customer, a full refund including payment for return to us will be made. Items over £250 may be paid for in instalments subject to agreement- however, all books remain the property of Ashton Rare Books until the full balance has been paid. Please contact us at : les@ashtonrarebooks.com if you are looking for a particular title or require further assistance.We are full members of the PBFA, ABA and ILAB.
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- Spine
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- Text Block
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fine
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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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...