Voyage in the Dark
by Rhys, Jean
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1935. Book. Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 266 pp, ex-library, lib card sleeve affixed to ffep, "Herpolsheimer's Book Shop" rubber stamped on rear e.p., 5.3" x 7.6" red cloth boards, black letters spine & fr cover, Binding tight with slight forward lean. Pages clean, unmarked, peper well-preserved. Unclipped DJ in acetate protector, heavily chipped tail/top spine with edgewear to extremities..
Synopsis
Voyage in the Dark is a 1934 novel by Jean Rhys. It tells of the semi-tragic descent of its young protagonist Anna Morgan who is moved from her Caribbean home to England by an 'evil' stepmother. Once she leaves school, and she is cut off financially by the stepmother, Hester, Anna tries to support herself as a chorus girl, then falls in love with a man named Walter who briefly supports her but won't marry her. When he leaves her, she begins a downward spiral.
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Details
- Seller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 009607
- Title
- Voyage in the Dark
- Author
- Rhys, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Jean Rhys - born Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams; 24 August 1890 - 14 May 1979) - British author
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...