Casanova's Chinese Restaurant [with] The Kindly Ones - A Pair of Author Annotated First Editions with Handwritten Corrections in the Author's Hand
by Powell, Anthony
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1960-2. A pair of author annotated copies - both first edition, first printings published by Heinemann in 1960 and 1962. Consisting of: 'Casanova's Chinese Restaurant': with textual corrections in the novelist's hand scattered throughout. Heinemann have stamped 'File Copy' on the first blank and Powell has written 'not corrections on pages 97, 164, 169, 82, 7, 11, 23, 82, 88, 105, 128, 132, 146, 168, 226, 78. 59' - page numbers in a mixture of pen and pencil, some offering more than one correction. This was probably marked up for the first Penguin edition of 1964. 'The Kindly Ones': with textual corrections to page 8, 219, 242 and stamped File Copy to two pages. A very good copy in like unclipped wrapper.
Synopsis
Anthony Powell was born in 1905. He served in the army during World War II. He is the author of seven other novels, and four volumes of memoirs, To Keep the Ball Rolling .
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- John Atkinson Books (GB)
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- Title
- Casanova's Chinese Restaurant [with] The Kindly Ones - A Pair of Author Annotated First Editions with Handwritten Corrections in the Author's Hand
- Author
- Powell, Anthony
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960-2
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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