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ItÕs a Battlefield
by Greene, Graham
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good, 1st edition no d/j, black buckram boards clean but spine and gilt titling faded; text block mainly good (one small split),
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1934. 1st. hardback. Good, 1st edition no d/j, black buckram boards clean but spine and gilt titling faded; text block mainly good (one small split), pages unmarked but foxing at edges.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). A book that Greene later described as his 'first overtly political novel' (rather than just an entertainment).
Synopsis
Graham Greene (1904-1991) worked as a journalist and critic, and was later employed by the foreign office. His many books include The Third Man , The Comedians and Travels with My Aunt . He is the subject of an acclaimed three-volume biography by Norman Sherry.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC82829
- Title
- ItÕs a Battlefield
- Author
- Greene, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, 1st edition no d/j, black buckram boards clean but spine and gilt titling faded; text block mainly good (one small split),
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Pages
- 274
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, Greene
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
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Inklings & Yarnspinners
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Maidenhead, Berkshire
About Inklings & Yarnspinners
INKLINGS & YARNSPINNERSA new online bookshop forFIRST & SIGNED EDITIONS, RARE BOOKSA particular focus on:- The Oxford Inklings with their Friends & Influences (C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Barfield, Williams, Chesterton, Macdonald, Sayers, etc)- Great 20th Century Novelists (e.g. Graham Greene & John le Carré; Anthony Powell & Evelyn Waugh; P. D. James etc)- Great 20th Century Poets (e.g. T. S. Eliot, John Masefield, Walter de la Mare, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Stevie Smith, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Dylan Thomas, etc)- Christian Theology (e.g. from library sales)
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- 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....
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