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Contrary Pleasure
by MacDonald, John D
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York; (1954): Appleton-Century-Crofts. First Edition. Octavo. 291 pages. Benjamin Delevan, the oldest brother, heads the family and its textile business and at 50 is nagged by the notion that the "good years and the taut muscles" have gone- but where? Quinn, in his late thirties finds a certain rejuvenation with a girl in the office. Alice, his twin, after 14 years of marriage and a sense of restless inadequacy, finds a new and never known vitality in her relationship with her husband. Brock, Ben's son, has been bounced out of college for stealing money and Ellen, his sister, straightens out on her own. One of his better tales outside the mystery suspense genre. Bound in green paper covered boards, spine lettering yellow, some fading to spine ends and edges, minor minute bump to upper corner, from the library of Adrian Homer Goldstone, with his bookplate, an avid collector from California who is particularly well known for his bibliographies of Arthur Machen and John Steinbeck, both of which were published through the University of Texas. In an unclipped green dust jacket lettered and decorated in white, red, yellow, green, and brown, spine lettering white and yellow, chipping to spine ends and corners, wear to edges. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028352
- Title
- Contrary Pleasure
- Author
- MacDonald, John D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Appleton-Century-Crofts
- Place of Publication
- New York; (1954)
- Keywords
- Adrian Homer Goldstone Steinbeck Bibliography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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