Eclipse
by Trumbo, Dalton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Lovat Dickson & Thompson, 1935. Trumbo's first book, in the 'Socialist Realism' style, of a self-made small-town businessman whose character is insufficient to sustain his ego; controversial in Trumbo's hometown for unflatteringly cutting a little too close to their lives. First edition (first printing); the book was not reprinted until 2005, the centennial of the author's birth. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Book shows some edgewear & darkening, minor chipping/fraying; jacket darkened, rubbed, & chipped with minor staining & creasing, a few short tears, 7s. 6d. price remaining; ink name & note inside front cover, pages lightly tanned with a few minor stains. Text clean; 367 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Small Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- u0538
- Title
- Eclipse
- Author
- Trumbo, Dalton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lovat Dickson & Thompson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Modern First Editions, Socialist Realism
- Size
- Small Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...