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It's A Battlefield - in the first issue dust wrapper
by Greene, Graham
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- very good
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Heinemann, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. A first edition, first printing published by Heinemann in 1934. A very good+ book with some light foxing to the the prelims with some also to the latter pages. Bound in the original black cloth with the publisher's device blind-stamped to the lower board. Edges are a little toned with a few spots to the fore-edge. In a good unclipped wrapper showing the correct price of 7'6 to the front flap (later issues had 3'6). Designed by Youngman Carter, the dust wrapper depicts a map of London. Some internal professional reinforcement to the hinges. Some light loss to the spine tips and corners. Some light creasing. The first issue dust wrapper, distinguished by the higher price of 7'6 (reduced to 3'6 subsequently) is most uncommon indeed.
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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Details
- book dealer
- John Atkinson Books
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- Bookseller’s Inventory #
- 9462
- Title
- It's A Battlefield - in the first issue dust wrapper
- Author
- Greene, Graham
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- second hand - Very Good
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Fiction;
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- edges
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- device
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- Cloth
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- good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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... [more]
- spine
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