Holy Deadlock
by A.P. Herbert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Hudson, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1934. First Edition . Red Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Minimal edgewear, inscription on flyleaf, otherwise a nice sound copy. Jacket quite worn at corners, not price clipped. "An odyssey of two young people in search of a decent divorce...".
Synopsis
Holy Deadlock is a 1934 satirical novel by the English author A. P. Herbert, which aimed to highlight the perceived inadequacies and absurdities of contemporary divorce law. The book took a particularly lenient view of the need for divorces, which it characterised as "a relief from misfortune, not a crime", and demonstrated how the current system created an environment which encouraged the participants to commit perjury and adultery.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trench Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004278
- Title
- Holy Deadlock
- Author
- A.P. Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Red Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday Doran
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1934
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Trench Books
Biblio member since 2009
Hudson, Maine
About Trench Books
General stock, but specializing in fiction titles through 1970 and early children's series books. Large inventory, being listed as time permits. All listed titles are subject to prior sale.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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