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Heavy Water and Other Stories
by Martin Amis
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Caterham, Surrey, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Published by Jonathan Cape, London; 1998. 8vo. Fine/Fine. This lovely book is a near perfect example if this first edition by the popular author Martin Amis. This collection of short stories have been said to rival his novels with their new or inverted worlds and frank satire. This book is in Fine condition, bound in it's original navy cloth boards, there is a small white mark to the front board and the slightest amount of bumping to the top of the spine. Inside the pages are clean and bright, tightly bound and blemish-free. The dust jacket is also in Fine condition, with a tiny amount of bumping to the top of the spine, but otherwise it is clean and bright and in lovely condition. Inall this is an excellent example of this modern first edition.
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- Bookseller
- Everlasting Editions
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 156
- Title
- Heavy Water and Other Stories
- Author
- Martin Amis
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, first impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- london
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Martin,Amis,Money,heavy,water,other,stories,story,Success,rachel,papers,dark,secrets,crime,detective,thriller,murder,mystery,first,edition,fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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Everlasting Editions
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Caterham, Surrey
About Everlasting Editions
Everlasting Editions sells beautiful rare, collectible and signed first edition books to treasure for a lifetime. We offer a wide range of books rom a variety of genres, but specialising in Modern First Editions and Children's First Editions. Whether you simply collect for the joy of owning beautiful rare books or whether you believe, as we do, that they are a worthwhile investment in a time of economic difficulties, we are confident that we have the right book for you.
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