Jonah
by Arthur Boyd .. Peter Porter
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Good
- ISBN 10
- 0436378051
- ISBN 13
- 9780436378058
- Seller
-
east Sussex, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London England: Secker & Warburg. Hardback. Very scarce. One of about fifteen advanced copies. With jacket flaps untrimmed, reproducing Boyd's illustration in full in error. The jacket flaps for the bulk of the editions were trimmed to normal size. So it was trimmed in error. Collaboration between artist Arthur Boyd and poet Peter Porter. Verses and illustrations preceded by three pages reproduced from 'The Book of the Prophet Jonah'. 64 ll. in 8s, pp.(1-11)12-126(127)(1p.). Sewn. About 100 dynamic illustrations, in b/w and many of them full page, reflect a range of techniques. Good quality laid paper. Green covers, gilt lettering on spine. Shelf wear to edges of D/J. 127 pp. ( We carry a wide selection of titles in sci fi fantasy and horror, The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1973.
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- Bookseller
- thelondonbookworm.com
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068704
- Title
- Jonah
- Author
- Arthur Boyd .. Peter Porter
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0436378051
- ISBN 13
- 9780436378058
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London England
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Bible Jonah Whale Cartoons Theology Religion
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
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