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Like Men Betrayed
by John Mortimer
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1953. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. The first edition of this sinister fiction novel about a father and son, written by John Mortimer and in the publishers original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This fiction novel was written by Sir John Clifford Mortimer, a British screenwriter and author, best known for his 'Horace Rumpole' short stories and its TV adaptation, also written by Mortimer. This novel tells the story of a father and son with an awkward relationship that gets more strained as the father, Christopher Kennet, enters his son's dark and sinister world. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally excellent with only slight fading to the spine and rear joint and a slight lean. Minimal offsetting to the endpapers. The wrap is very smart with sunning to the spine and rear, handling marks and small closed tears to the head of the spine. Spotting to the verso. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with the odd spot. Near Fine
Synopsis
John Mortimer is a playwright, novelist, and former practicing barrister who has written many film scripts as well as stage, radio, and television plays, the Rumpole plays, for which he received the British Academy Writer of the Year Award, and the adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited . He is the author of twelve collections of Rumpole stories and three acclaimed volumes of autobiography.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 896Z41
- Title
- Like Men Betrayed
- Author
- John Mortimer
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- First edition John Mortimer Fiction Novel John Mortimer
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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