MISS SILVER'S PAST [First UK paperback edition]
Josef Skvorecky [Translated from the Czech by Peter Kussi, with a foreword by Graham Greene]
Language: English
Published by Picador [Pan Books], London, 1980
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United KingdomOrlando Booksellers
AbeBooks seller since January 11, 2000
Condition: Used - Near fine
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First impression of the first UK paperback edition - with a three-page foreword by Graham Greene, and a single-page foreword by the author. Translated from the Czech by Peter Kussi. ***Near fine in illustrated card covers. The covers are clean and unmarked, with no significant creases or bumps - just some light edge wear. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. No foxing. Pages clean - the paper stock just lightly tanned. Spine tight. ***251 pages plus five pages of publisher's adverts at the back of the book. 198mm x 128mm. ***Josef Skvorecky became Professor of English at Erindale College, University of Toronto after he and his wife left Czechoslovakia after the Soviet invasion of 1968 and emigrated to Canada. He was the author of "The Bass Saxophone", named Editor's Choice by the New York Times Book Review and Book of the Year by The Guardian. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. [Wiki] ***First impression of the first UK paperback edition in really nice collectable condition. ***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.…
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- Title
- MISS SILVER'S PAST [First UK paperback edition]
- Author
- Josef Skvorecky [Translated from the Czech by Peter Kussi, with a foreword by Graham Greene]
- Publisher
- Picador [Pan Books], London
- Publication year
- 1980
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket, as Issued
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0330260987
- ISBN 13
- 9780330260985
- Edition
- First UK Paperback Edition
- Printing
- First Impression
- Seller catalogs
- Collectable Paperbacks, First Editions, Literature in Translation
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Back Cover
"If its underlying message were not so sinister in its implications, this black comedy would qualify as one of the funniest books of the year." --The New York Times
"Both hilarious and terrifying; I recommend it strongly." --The Guardian
"The casual exactness of the style, witty and spare, entirely justifies the rare honour of a preface by Graham Greene." --The Financial Post
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Orlando Booksellers
Lincoln, United Kingdom
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