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The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby's End
by Burgess, Anthony
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. SIGNED. Signed and inscribed by author on half-title: "To ----, with regards and a happy Christmas. 1975, Anthony Burgess". 161pp. Octavo [22 cm]. Hardcover in blind-embossed and gilt-stamped black cloth with jacket. Light toning and slight irregular fading to jacket; boards are crisp and unworn excepting very light rubbing to corners; interior is clean and tight. Follow Enderby, "the '"desperately innocent observer"' of Anthony Burgess's Inside Enderby and Enderby Outside, on his last, valiant, buckling legs, lunging away at New York-- and all American culture-- in a last-ditch defense of Art, Original Sin, and Proper Nourishment". (From the jacket).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45256
- Title
- The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby's End
- Author
- Burgess, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- FICTION; LITERATURE; BRITISH; 20TH CENTURY; PASADENA 2017; SEATTLE 2017
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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