The Experiment
by Patrick Skene Catling
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London : Anthony Blond , 1967. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None . An excellent first edition of this best selling comedy-tragedy of a girl and her partner wrapped up in a university experiment. The first edition, second impression of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original cloth binding.This novel follows a university research team's quest to study the sexual responses of a group of human beings. In the name of objectivity and finding a "normal couple", one girl in the research team volunteers herself and her partner to save her academic career.Interestingly, this work is very skewed from the usual genre by Patrick Skene Catling, who specialised for the majority of his career in children's books. In the original cloth binding. In the original dust wrapper. Externally, excellent with only a small mark to the front board. Dust wrapper is edge worn, otherwise very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 905Y52
- Title
- The Experiment
- Author
- Patrick Skene Catling
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Anthony Blond
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- The Experiment Modern Fiction Patrick Skene Catling Modern Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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