A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME
by POWELL, ANTHONY
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /Very Good
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: HEINEMANN. BOUND IN CLEN AND CRISP BLUE CLOTH WITH BRIGHT GILT TITLES TO SPINE, THIS DATED 1962 FIRST THUS EDITION OF POWELL'S FIRST THREE NOVELS, IN HIS CELEBRATED LONG WORK : A QUESTION OF UPBRINGING : A BUYER'S MARKET : AND, THE ACCEPTANCE WORLD. 536pp WITH COMPLETE UNCLIPPED JACKET, LATE OWNER'S INSCRIPTION TO FFEP AND SOUND/TIGHT BINDING. CONDITION VG/VG -------* . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus Edition.. 1962.
Synopsis
A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume series of novels by Anthony Powell. One of the longest works of fiction in literature, the work is often published as four volumes of three novels each. The title, A Dance to the Music of Time, was inspired by Nicolas Poussin’s painting of the same name, which depicts the four seasons as nymphs dancing in a circle while a winged Father Time plays the harp. The epic work is narrated through the memories of Nick Jenkins, an “everyman” recalling the people he met over the previous half-century. Yet A Dance to the Music of Time is less about Jenkins and more about the metropolitan circles he inhabits. Beginning with the end of World War I and ending with the turbulence of the 1960s, the novels highlight encounters between friends and lovers who drift apart but continue to reencounter each other over time. Apart from a trip to France, some time in Ireland, and an interval in Venice, the series mainly takes place in England and is often read as a reflection of the country’s social history. In its entirety, A Dance to the Music of Time is composed of the following novels: A Question of Upbringing (1951), A Buyer's Market (1952), The Acceptance World (1955), At Lady Molly's (1957), Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (1960), The Kindly Ones (1962), The Valley of Bones (1964), The Soldier's Art (1966), The Military Philosophers (1968), Books Do Furnish a Room (1971), Temporary Kings (1973), and Hearing Secret Harmonies (1975). The books were a great success in both Britain and America upon their publication. The series is ranked 43rd on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. It is also listed on TIME’s “100 Best Novels” (since 1923) and the Telegraph’s list of the 20 best British and Irish novels of all time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002200359
- Title
- A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME
- Author
- POWELL, ANTHONY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus Edition.
- Publisher
- HEINEMANN
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 536
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- "A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME" BY ANTHONY POWELL 8vo HARDCOVER1962 FIRST THUS EDITION, INCORPORATING THE FIRST THREE TITLES IN "A DANCE TO THE MUCIC OF TIME". PUBLISHED BY HEINEMANN IN LONDON. CONDITION VG/VG
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Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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