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The Collector
by Fowles, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good +
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Jonathan Cape, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Print. Pp. 282. Maroon boards. This is a true UK first edition (First Impression) with 'First published in 1963' and no reprint statement to the copyright page. A very good copy with tape shadow marks to corners of end pages. In original first state jacket without reviews, jacket, corners clipped although not price clipped. Internally clean pages a touch of spotting to foreedge. Signed by the author John Fowles to the title page. Laid in is a typed card from John Fowles agreeing to sign books for the owner. The card is also signed by the author John Fowles. .
Synopsis
The Collector is the title of a 1963 novel by John Fowles. It was made into a movie in 1965.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016794
- Title
- The Collector
- Author
- Fowles, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- PYNCHON, THOMAS,The Collector,FIRST EITION, signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Kelleher Rare Books
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Naas, Kildare
About Kelleher Rare Books
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- Copyright page
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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