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World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since April 6, 2009
1958. English translation. 348 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over purple cloth. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine. Seller Inventory # 1716385379LEE
Title: Special Friendships
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Publication Date: 1958
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. First UK paperback edition. This translation by Edward Hyams was Previously published in hard covers by Secker & Warburg in 1958. An earlier translation by Felix Giovanelli was published in the US by Vanguard in 1950. Originally published in France in 1944. Reading creasing and light edge rubbing to the spine which is faded along with the outer edge of the back cover. The front cover has a little browning on the border around the edges. Page edges browned with some spotting and whitish discolouration to the top edges near the corner. Browning and a little spotting to edges of the insides of the covers. Browning to the pages with slight spotting around the edges of the first and last pages but the pages are otherwise unmarked. First printing. Seller Inventory # 020422
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: tsbbooks, London, United Kingdom
paperback, good condition,reading creases on spine, discolouration to edges of pages,wear/ some fraying front bottom of spine. 256pp. Panther Books 16635. Sought after title and scarce. Classic gay story set in the forcing-house atmosphere of the boarding school. Young's 3036*. ISBN:0586016635. Seller Inventory # 4790
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: tsbbooks, London, United Kingdom
paperback, good plus condition, reading creases on spine, light diagonal creases on corners. Panther 1663. Pages with age discolouration of paper around edges. 256pp. Sought after title and scarce. Classic gay story set in the forcing-house atmosphere of the boarding school. Young's 3036*. Seller Inventory # 4791
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Wrapper has some marks and open tears. Boards are rounded, and clean. Fore edge is foxed. Clean throughout. Good. Book. Seller Inventory # 003903
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Altadena, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book has sound hinges and is not cocked. A single line of text (possibly a name) has been blacked out with a marker on the first free endpage; remaining pages are very lightly toned, clean, unmarked and undamaged. The book's exterior is clean and bright. The lower right corner tip of the front cover is mildly bumped. No evident rub wear. The dust jacket is not price-clipped. It shows just the slightest soiling and very light toning to edges. Wear to edges includes a few small chips and tears, the longest of which is about 1/3". A clear archival sleeve has been placed on the jacket to keep it in great shape. Book, dust jacket and sleeve will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. "A Masterpiece" - Andre Gide. Seller Inventory # ABJ1404
Quantity: 1 available