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Journey in the Dark
by Flavin, Martin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
USA: The Franklin Library, 1978. 1st Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st thus, 1st printing. [xii], 456pp, double spread, sepia-toned illustration, further similar full page illustrations in text. Printed on archival-quality paper (it will not brown) and bound in full red leather with generous gilt decoration front, spine and back, four raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. One of a limited first edition, privately printed, exclusively for Franklin Library subscribers. A handsome, finely produce volume in near fine condition throughout (very tiny rub to rear lower corner). Renowned for fine bindings and collectors' editions of beautiful literature, the Franklin Library produced some of the most attractive and desirable books of the 20th century. Flavin's brilliant war-time novel is both a social history of a millionaire who renounces his comfortable existence to work in a defence factory, and a allegory of a nation coming of age during a world war. 8vo.
Synopsis
Journey in the Dark is a 1943 novel by Martin Flavin. It won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1944.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013195
- Title
- Journey in the Dark
- Author
- Flavin, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Thus
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction, novels, beautiful books, Franklin Library
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- Gilt
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