Bitter Lemons
by Lawrence Durrell
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Faber & Faber, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1957. Third Impression. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting and some loss to spine base. Minor scuffing, staining and marking to boards.
Synopsis
Bitter Lemons is an autobiographical work by writer Lawrence Durrell, describing the three years (1953-1956) he spent on the island of Cyprus. The book was awarded the Duff Cooper Prize for 1957, the second year the Prize was awarded.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1696950111DPB
- Title
- Bitter Lemons
- Author
- Lawrence Durrell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Date Published
- 1957
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...