The Outsider
by Wilson, Colin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by author on front free endpaper beneath former owner's name. 288pp. Brown cloth with silver and black lettering. First American edition, early printing or issue but not first. (No date on title page despite statement of "First printing" on copyright page. Deboss spot on back cover, book club edition?) Very Good, no jacket. A few easily-erasable pencil brackets in margins, light edge wear, light stain on front board near top. The author's first book, a runaway besteller-- uncommon signed.
Synopsis
The seminal work on alienation, creativity, and the modern mind-set. "An exhaustive, luminously intelligent study...a real contribution to our understanding of our deepest predicament."—Philip Toynbee.
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Details
- Seller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 170728006
- Title
- The Outsider
- Author
- Wilson, Colin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- signed, occult, new age, inspirational books, genius
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Deboss
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- Title Page
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