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AbeBooks Seller since July 12, 2005
Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Cloth wrinkled on edge of front board. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 365 pages ; 21 cm. Subjects: Modern fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 293287
Title: The winter of our discontent
Publisher: London : Heinemann
Publication Date: 1961
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Octavo, 365 pages. In Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine is brown with orange and white print. Dust jacket in mylar, b&w portrait of author on rear panel; light edge wear. Price unclipped: "18s net". Boards in purple cloth; slight wear to spine caps. Text block has spotting to top edge. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1401845. FP New Rockville Stock. Seller Inventory # 1401845
Seller: Longs Peak Book Company, Loveland, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. The Winter of Our Discontent is John Steinbeck's last novel, published in 1961. The title comes from the first two lines of William Shakespeare's Richard III: "Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun [or son] of York". Steinbeck's only work to take place on the East Coast, the setting is based on Sag Harbor, New York. This copy is in very good condition,possibly a book club edition by not having a price on the dj or print history beyond "First published in 1961" on the verso. The dustjacket is in near fine condition in clear mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Seller Inventory # 003909