Click for full-size.
An Ice-Cream War
by BOYD, William
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); navy blue cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xii],370,[2]pp. Upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), else Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with publisher's new price sticker immediately to the left of the clip; trivial wear to extremities and a hint of sunning to spine panel, else Near Fine. The Scottish author's second novel, set during the East African Campaign of World War I; nominated for the Booker Prize in 1982.
Synopsis
William Boyd’s first novel, A Good Man in Africa , won a Whitbread Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award; his second, An Ice-Cream War , was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Brazzaville Beach won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and The Blue Afternoon won the Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction. Boyd lives in London.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51453
- Title
- An Ice-Cream War
- Author
- BOYD, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; WW1; Africa;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
All items are offered subject to prior sale. Orders must be prepaid, though billing may be arranged for institutions and customers with established credit. Payment may be made by Check, Money Order, Paypal or by valid credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover). Any item may be returned within 10 days of receipt for full refund. Signed and manuscript items carry an unlimited guarantee of authenticity.
About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Learn about Bayntun-Rivière Binders
Are you enchanted by books clad in fine bindings? This is the gallery for you to peruse! Learn more about Bayntun, Rivière & Sons, and their combined work as Bayntun-Rivière.
What is a professional bookseller?
Just about anyone can sell a book, but a professional bookseller knows the ins and outs of the rare book trade. Learn more!
