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THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER
by Sillitoe, Alan
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Middletown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: W. H. Allen, 1959. First edition of his first book. Nine related stories including the title one which was the basis for the 1962 film of the same name with screenplay by Sillitoe. A poor Nottingham teenager with bleak prospects turns to long-distance running for emotional and physical escape. Very good to near fine with fading to cloth edges and minor offet along hinges but otherwise crisp and bright; in like dust jacket with price clipped, few stains near base of rear panel, and just a touch of wear to head of spine and corners.
Synopsis
Alan Sillitoe was born in 1928, the son of a tannery worker. He left school at age fourteen to work in a factory. He was one of the working-class novelists who revitalized British fiction in the 1950s. His first novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning was followed with the bestselling collection The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner . He adapted both works for the screen in the early 1960s. He is the author of more than 40 works of prose, poetry, and drama.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54092
- Title
- THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER
- Author
- Sillitoe, Alan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. H. Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK;
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Quill & Brush was established in 1976 by Allen & Patricia Ahearn, the authors of the well-respected reference for booksellers and collectors, Collected Books: The Guide to Identification and Values.At present the Quill & Brush is run by the Ahearns' eldest daughter, Beth Fisher. Allen is semi-retired but continues to buy, sell, and perform professional appraisals.
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- Poor
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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