9780571102921 - Recovery by Berryman, John (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good in good dust jacket. Ink underlining on pages. Nice clean black cloth cover. Edges of spine lightly bumped. Stains on foredges of pages. Light shelf rubbing to dust jacket. Spine on dust jacket fading. Solid book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First UK edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Jacket is rubbed and marked.Ex-library book.Old tape residue marks.Foxing.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition. With a six-page foreword by Saul Bellow. ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Please note that there are some pencil linings and notes in the margins that could easily be erased if so wished. Some light foxing to the endpapers, otherwise pages clean. Spine tight. ***In a very good colour illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing the original publisher's price of £2.50 net. Edges slightly rubbed and creased. Small closed tear and associated creasing to the top edge of front panel of dustwrapper. Corners and head and tail of spine of dustwrapper slightly rubbed and creased. Colour to spine of dustwrapper slightly faded. Edge of rear panel adjoining spine faded. Colours to front panel of dustwrapper bright. ***204 mm x136 mm. 254 pages. ***'In the author's words, Recovery is a novel about 'the disease called "alcoholism". Berryman started writing it in 1970, and had completed all but the final section of the first draft when he died in January 1972. Even unfinished, even without the benefit of the intensive revisions and improvements he applied to all his work, it is still an extra-ordinarily powerful document. ***The main setting of the book consists of the corridors, bedrooms and lecture rooms of an institution; the central character is Dr. Alan Severance, surrounded by a cross-section of American life, housewives, intellectuals, businessmen, and an 'extremely bitter bearded poet'; all suffer scenes of humiliation, self-delusion and self-confrontation. In Severance's repeated and heroic efforts to climb out of the pit can be found not only Berryman's unique wit and verbal wizardry, but also a testament to the courage and strength of the human spirit. ***In a brief foreword, Saul Bellow, who knew Berryman well, paints a portrait of him which brings him vividly and sharply to life.' (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the first UK edition in its original dustwrapper. ***Of interest to collectors of John Berryman and twentieth century American fiction.***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Advance Review Copy. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiv, 254 pages 21 cm. Subjects; Alcoholics Rehabilitation ; Fiction. College teachers ; Fiction. Alcoholics ; Fiction. Fiction ; Rehabilitation. 3 Kg.

Advance Review Copy. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiv, 254 pages 21 cm. Subjects; Alcoholics Rehabilitation ; Fiction. College teachers ; Fiction. Alcoholics ; Fiction. Fiction ; Rehabilitation. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. 8vo. Pp: xiv, 254. First edition. Publisher's original illustrated black and orange dust jacket. Black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine. Loosely inserted 3 slips of notes by Alan Brownjohn (British poet) for a review - some on the reverse of the Faber review slip.ISBN: 0571102921 Good plus copy with mottling to top and tail edges with crease to top spine end and slight lean to boards. Very good minus dust jacket with faded spine and marks at verso.