Click for full-size.
What Am I Doing Here
by Bruce Chatwin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670825085
- ISBN 13
- 9780670825080
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chatwin, Bruce ( 1940 - 1989)
What Am I Doing Here. [New York]: Viking. [1989]
Stated first American edition The printer's key, number line, on the copyright page begins with 1.
ISBN 10: 0-670-82508-5
ISBN-13: 978-0670825080
Published 15th September 1989 at $US 19.95. Quarter bound in cloth with paper covered boards. 367 pps.
A near fine copy in like dust wrapper. The book is unmarked with either names, inscriptions, notes, marginalia, highlighting, labels, or bookplates. The text block is not age toned. There is some staining to the edges of the text block. The dust wrapper is price clipped. There is some fading to the spine of the dust wrapper though it is without chips, rips, or tears. The dust wrapper been placed in a new archival grade, paper lined, and removeable cover.
The images provided are of the actual book.
Other books by the author are or will be listed.
Combined shipping is available.
Thank you for looking.
Synopsis
In this text, Bruce Chatwin writes of his father, of his friend Howard Hodgkin, and of his talks with Andre Malraux and Nadezhda Mandelstram. He also follows unholy grails on his travels, such as the rumour of a "wolf-boy" in India, or the idea of looking for a Yeti.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- James Trepanier
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51
- Title
- What Am I Doing Here
- Author
- Bruce Chatwin
- Format/Binding
- Quarter bound in cloth with paper covered boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670825085
- ISBN 13
- 9780670825080
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
Terms of Sale
James Trepanier
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
James Trepanier
Biblio member since 2020
Toronto, Ontario
About James Trepanier
Book listed are available for purchase by mail order. I use shipping services that provide options. If interested, please request a quote.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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"...
- 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...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
Frequently asked questions
Collecting Signed Books
Read through our tips, hints, and information on collecting books signed or inscribed by the author or illustrator.
Michael Bond - the man behind Paddington Bear
“All the same ... it’s a very important name. And I don’t expect there are many bears in the world called Paddington!”
A lonely toy bear on an empty shop shelf on Christmas Eve in 1956 first captured the attention of Michael Bond, who kindly shared Paddington with the world.
