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Happy Valley : A Novel [2nd printing]
by White, Patrick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George G. Harrap & Co. February1939. 1st ed., 2nd impr.,pp.(vii), 327, scattered foxing to page edges, staining to lower edge and to boards both front and rear also affecting several pages towards end, sl. cocked, orig (orange) cl. Bds. This second printing of Happy Valley was published February, 1939, same year as the first edition. White did not allow the book to be reprinted, however, Gallimard, a publisher in Paris, was given permission by the author to issue a French translation of this work in 1951. The novel received the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal and White remains the only Australian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature 1st Edition, second issue. Cloth Boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93921
- Title
- Happy Valley : A Novel [2nd printing]
- Author
- White, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition, second issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- February1939
- Keywords
- Australia, Literature
Terms of Sale
Muir Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
Glossary
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- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- SL.
- slight
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...