DIARY OF A BAD YEAR
by COETZEE, J. M.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Harvill Secker. 2007. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed deluxe edition. The binder's retained copy. Full blue goatskin with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Marbled endpapers. Housed in the burgundy cloth slipcase. A fine copy with the loosely laid in binder's care slip. Limited to 100 copies specially bound and signed by J. M. Coetzee on the limitation page. This copy is un-numbered as it was the binder's retained copy. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Synopsis
J.M. Coetzee’s work includes Waiting For The Barbarians , The Life & Times of Michael K , Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life , Youth , Disgrace and, most recently, Slow Man . He was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20942
- Title
- DIARY OF A BAD YEAR
- Author
- COETZEE, J. M.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Harvill Secker. 2007
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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York, North Yorkshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Goatskin
- Goatskin, leather made from goat, is durable and easy to dye. The original and finest examples of Morocco binding are goatskin....
- 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....