NY, NY: Viking Press / An Esalen Book, 1960. 255 pp., yellow cloth spine w/ blue marbled-look boards w/ black lettering & illustration to front board; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows light bumping to ends of spine w/ faint foxing to edges of page block; foxing to endpapers; Jacket shows wear, short tears & small creases to ends of spine & folds; a few nicks to edges of spine; scrape to front panel near spine; minor spoil to rear panel; foxing to inside flaps / "An enchantingly original personal memoir in which the distinguished English man of letters - author of 'Hogarth's Progress' and 'Byron In Italy' - uses his recollections of writers he has known as a springboard for lively discussion of the literary life of our times." Illustrated with eight B&W plates. /. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: High Castle Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: HCA-4631
Title: THE SIGN OF THE FISH
Author: Quennell, Peter
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good to Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good +
Edition: First U.S. Edition
Publisher: Viking Press / An Esalen Book
Place of Publication: NY, NY
Date Published: 1960
Keywords: HCA, NON, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, MEMOIR, PETER QUENNELL, HOGARTH'S PROGRESS, BYRON IN ITALY, LITERATURE, LITERARY LIFE, WRITERS, COLETTE, GIDE, GRAHAM GREENE, EVELYN WAUGH, VIRGINIA WOOLF, SITWELL, SITWELLS, ROBERT GRAVES, LAURA RIDING, SIEGFRIED S
Bookseller catalogs: ALL BOOKS-0010;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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High Castle Books

CONTACT INFORMATION: High Castle Books2431 Camino Real ViejoMercedes, TX 78570-9486 Phone: (956) 565-2822E-mail: HCBooks@rgv.rr.com PAYMENT METHODS: PAYPAL. Texas residents please add 8.25% sales tax. All items are subject to prior sale.SHIPPING: USPS Media Mail (formerly Bookrate): $3.95 for first book, $2.0 each additional (approx. 1 to 4 weeks) USPS Priority: $9.95 for first book, $5.00 each additional (approx. 3 to 5 days) Shipping costs are based on domestic shipping of books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or over-sized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. RETURNS POLICY: Books are returnable within 14 days if not as described, with prior notification by e-mail or phone. Books must be returned in same condition as they were sent. CONDITION/GRADING: Our books are graded using AB Bookman's terms. Some of our paperbacks which were entered online at the start of our business are graded using Hancer's terms. If you would like a copy of either set of terms (or both), please contact us via e-mail and we will be glad to send them to you!

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Hi! My name is Leigh Holleschau, proprietor of High Castle Books. We are located in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, about five miles from the Mexican border. The best-known city which people commonly associate with the area is Brownsville. Our address is 2431 Camino Real Viejo, Mercedes, TX 78579-9486. If you wish to contact us by phone at 956-565-2822, we are usually available between the hours of 9am and 5pm, Central Time. E-mail: HCBooks@rgv.rr.com Rather than divide our stock up into seemingly endless categories, I have coded each item with multiple keywords. This way you can create your own categories. The best way to do this is to use the 'search inventory' function on this page, rather than the 'browse' function, since 'search' accepts not only keywords, but author, title, publisher and other information. For example you could enter the keyword 'mystery' to see all mysteries in stock, and you could further refine your search by selecting the 'first edition' option as well, thereby displaying only first edition mysteries, etc.

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