WE ARE BETRAYED.
by Fisher, Vardis
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Fiair
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Caldwell, Idaho, and Garden City, New York: The Caxton Printers Ltd., and Doubleday, Doran & Co.,, (1935). first edition, as stated.. hardcover. Near fine/Fiair. Octavo, rust brown covers stamped in gilt. Some offset browning from dust jacket on front and rear endpapers. Date (May 16th, 1935) in ink on front free endpaper. 369 pages, book is in near Fine condition. Fragile dust jacket is chipped along edges and missing some narrow segments along front spine folds. Contemporary reviews about this book include: "So exact it becomes painful" Harry Hansen. "Poetic, sensitive, savage, and above all, honest" --Raleigh News. "If Mr. Fisher is trying to prove that 'life is like that,' it isn't. I got thoroughly sick of Vridar." --William Rose Benet, The Saturday Review. "The title, culled from Meredith (is) one of the few civilized things about the whole volume." --New York Sun. "We had hoped that these silly outbursts of Freudian lunacy had passed." --Portland (Maine) News. 101206A
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000015055
- Title
- WE ARE BETRAYED.
- Author
- Fisher, Vardis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fiair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition, as stated.
- Publisher
- The Caxton Printers Ltd., and Doubleday, Doran & Co.,
- Place of Publication
- Caldwell, Idaho, and Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- (1935)
Terms of Sale
Alkahest Books
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
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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"...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting Miniature Books
Teeny, tiny, beautiful books...the world of miniature books is one that involves a lot of imagination and craftsmanship. Dive in and see!
Collecting Little Golden Books
These iconic childrens board books are collectible if you can find an original in great condition! Learn more about collecting Little Golden Books.
