Eating People Is Wrong: A Comedy
by Malcolm Bradbury
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1960]. First American Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards, black topstain, in pictorial dust jacket by Michael Bramman retaining original price ($4.00); [8],275pp. Moderate shelf wear to jacket margins, spine panel a bit toned, light soil to rear panel, faint ghost of old price sticker to upper jacket flap, corners nudged, else Very Good and sound.
The author's brilliantly titled and designed debut novel, joining the ranks with Kingsley Amis's "Lucky Jim" and Barbara Pym's "Crampton Hodnet" in the canon of comic novels poking fun at provincial academia.
The author's brilliantly titled and designed debut novel, joining the ranks with Kingsley Amis's "Lucky Jim" and Barbara Pym's "Crampton Hodnet" in the canon of comic novels poking fun at provincial academia.
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29596
- Title
- Eating People Is Wrong: A Comedy
- Author
- Malcolm Bradbury
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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