Entertaining Mr. Sloane: A Comedy
by Joe Orton
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964. Very Good/Very Good. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964. First Edition. Octavo (19cm); [x],84pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with 12s. 6d. net price intact; boards in green cloth with silver lettering to spine. Jacket lightly edgeworn with a couple brief closed tears on rear panel and a couple tiny chips at folds; small, faint dampstain to top corner of rear panel, with some general smudging to surface. Boards are square with a slight bump to top rear corner. "Copyright (c) 1964 by Joe Orton" blacked out in a single, thin marker swipe on copyright page, else interior unmarked. Binding is sound.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29743
- Title
- Entertaining Mr. Sloane: A Comedy
- Author
- Joe Orton
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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