JAKE'S THING
by Amis, Kingsley
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670404713
- ISBN 13
- 9780670404711
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1979. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Amis' thirteenth novel is a work of comic genius and, as is the case with most such humor, it is built on a bedrock of truth. Oxford Don Jake Richardson, nearing sixty, realizes he has become impotent, that his previously rampant libido is now totally uninterested in his wife, Brenda, or even a willing ex-girl friend. Jake seeks sex therapy and finds himself on a tour of the modern inferno of self-awareness and sexuality, of humiliating sex laboratories and group workshops of neurotic women and whimpering men. After a lifetime of lechery, what Jake learns about himself and about women makes for a very funny and very true novel. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows a slight bit of wear along the upper edge and top of spine, o/w no tears, no chipping or creasing, not price-clipped. Collectable.
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004713
- Title
- JAKE'S THING
- Author
- Amis, Kingsley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First U.S. Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0670404713
- ISBN 13
- 9780670404711
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- MODERN NOVEL, FIRST EDITION, COMIC SEX, COMEDY, HUMOR, ENGLAND, IMPOTENCE, OXFORD,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Novel; Humor; England;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Fine
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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