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Ending Up [Signed]
by Kingsley Amis
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0224009885
- ISBN 13
- 9780224009881
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1974. Very Good/Very Good. London: Jonathan Cape, 1974. First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on title page. Octavo (20.5x13.5x2cm); 176pp. Photographic dustjacket. Teal boards with spine lettering in gilt. Unclipped jacket; spine has been sunned into a lighter color scheme; flap corners docked, as published. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper; textblock otherwise unmarred and unmarked, apart from Amis's signature.
Amis's bitterly and hilariously wide-eyed caricature of life in a geriatric commune.
Amis's bitterly and hilariously wide-eyed caricature of life in a geriatric commune.
Synopsis
In Kingsley Amis' Ending Up, we meet the inhabitants of Tuppeny-happeny Cottage, a gloomy isolated house occupied by a group of old folks thrown together by fate and a lack of options. Overcome with tedium and decay of aging, the cottagers turn to malice to amuse themselves and keep their spirits up. When the grandchildren arrive to do their duty on Christmas Day, the festivities degenerate into an unforeseen riot.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9651
- Title
- Ending Up [Signed]
- Author
- Kingsley Amis
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0224009885
- ISBN 13
- 9780224009881
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
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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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
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- Sunned
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- First Edition
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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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...