Robinson
by Spark, Muriel
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co., 1958. Book. Illus. by Victor Reinganum (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Small octavo. Spark's second novel, narrated by one of three survivors of a plane crash on an island inhabited by "a spiritual recluse" who doesn't particularly want them there. Green cloth w/gilt lettering/decoration to spine, 186 pages. What looks like a thin horizontal scratch to front cover (although it could also be just a printing flaw -- tough to tell), faintly sunned spine, quite mild wear to corners/spine ends, off-setting to end papers, faint stain to back cover, in dust jacket w/faintly sun-darkened spine, a hint of wear to corners/spine ends, 1/4" tear to bottom right spine edge. Jacket now in protective mylar sleeve. A fairly attractive copy of a novel from an icon of Scottish literature (and a mother whose falling out with her son prompted a reporter to ask if she would see him again, to which she responded, "I think I know how best to avoid him by now")..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018824
- Title
- Robinson
- Author
- Spark, Muriel
- Illustrator
- Victor Reinganum (dust jacket illustration)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- Small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, cats, plane crashes, occultism, recluses, Catholics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction (hardcover);
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Augustine Funnell Books
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Sunned
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- Jacket
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