Occasion for Loving
by Gordimer, Nadine
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
(London: Victor Gollancz, 1963). 8vo; original red boards, lettered in gilt on spine; dustwrapper; pp. 288. Dustwrapper sunned, a little soiled, and edgeworn, with archival tape repair to reverse of spine panel; regular, light browning. Good condition. "With her third novel, Nadine Gordimer demands to be ranked, not merely as one of the two or three leading South African novelists, but beside the outstanding writers in English in any part of the world." Nadine Gordimer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5527
- Title
- Occasion for Loving
- Author
- Gordimer, Nadine
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London: Victor Gollancz, 1963)
- Keywords
- South African literature. Novels. Nobel Literature Prize South African Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- South African Literature;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
All books offered subject to availability. Returns are accepted where we have erred materially in our description of goods.
About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
Glossary
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.