three wogs de theroux alexander (24 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.75.

Soft cover. Etat : Fair. 1st Edition. The picture on our listing is a photograph of the actual book NOT a stock image. Text unmarked. [Loc. J4-3].

Paperback. Etat : Good. Spine creased, coves tanned. Shipped from the UK in recyclable card packaging.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Annotations and underlining in ink throughout text. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. C: 1972, 1972 Second Printing, Gambit Inc. 5-3/4" x 8-1/2". 216 pages. VG- hardcover, Fair- unclipped DJ. The DJ front and back have been reversed in the printing of it.

Etat : Good. Item in good condition and has highlighting/writing on text. Used texts may not contain supplemental items such as CDs, info-trac etc.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear and soiling to edges of text block. Pastedowns & pages toning with age, otherwise Text is unmarked. Dj shelf worn with scuffs, creases, small scratches, light soiling & small tears in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st printing of the author's first book. Near fine with minor edgewear in VG price clipped DJ with creasing to head and heel of faded spine panel. Author photo in sepia. First state.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. First edition. Fine in an about fine, lightly soiled dustwrapper. This is the jacket variant with the author photo in sepia tone.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 2nd Edition. First American edition. Octavo. Dust jacket (unclipped; with photo on flap in black). Very good. 216 pages. Signed and inscribed on title page: "For Jim Butler, my consiglieri, my drinking companion, my dear friend. Alex Theroux." With a small drawing and additional inscription on verso of half title page: "Did you ever have the feeling that you wanted to go, still you wanted to stay?". Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. The common first casebound UK edition (it was simultaneously issued in hardback and paperback, the latter format under the imprint of Wildwood House). 8vo. 216pp. Red cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A tiny hint of spotting to the top and fore edges. Contemporary former owner name and date inked to the front free endpaper. Very good indeed in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly rubbed at several extremities, and with some toning, chafing and soiling to the rear panel. The author's first novel, "a triptych, displaying three separate episodes in the lives of three extravagantly archetypal Londoners, each of whom undergoes a fateful encounter with his own particular wog" - blurb. The blurb further explains "The word 'wog' may be defined as a term of derogation employed by some natives of the British Isles to describe those inhabitants of their shores who are 'not one of us'. Used primarily to designate blacks of all shades, it can be extended to include Orientals, Irishmen, Italians, and indeed all people of perceptibly foreign habits or appearance. Even at times, Americans, of whom Alexander Theroux is one" [he is also the brother of writer Paul Theroux]. All this notwithstanding, it remains a somewhat problematic title. This UK edition appeared a year after the US edition, although the first section of the book was originally printed in 'The London Magazine'. The English issue, whether in hardback or paperback format, remains considerably more uncommon than its US counterpart.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First edition. A modest bookstore label on the front fly, and a tiny spot on the front board else fine in a near fine dustwrapper with soiling at the spine. This is the jacket variant with the author photo not in sepia tone. The brilliant but irascible author's first book.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's brilliant first book - a biting novel of racism in London. 8vo., 216pp. Bi-color red and reddish brick cloth blind stamped on front, gilt at spine. A near fine copy in a very good or better price-clipped dustwrapper showing light use; a couple of closed tears, one small soiled area at the spine crown extending on to the front panel. This is the jacket variant with the author photo in a sepia-like tone on the inside back flap - a strange & uncertain issue point.

216pp. 8vo. First edition of author's first novel. First edition of author's first novel. 216pp. 8vo. Inscribed by Alexander Theroux in the year of publication: "For Bobbie, with all best wishes, Alexander Oct. 19, 1972" on the flyleaf. Cloth. A fine copy in near fine, price-clipped, dust jacket. The jacket has light wear at spine tips, two short creased edge-tears. The rear flap of the dust jacket reproduces a sepia photo of the author Cloth. A fine copy in near fine, price-clipped, dust jacket. The jacket has light wear at spine tips, two short creased edge-tears. The rear flap of the dust jacket reproduces a sepia photo of the author.

Softcover. Etat : Fine. First edition. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in wrappers, with publisher's slip affixed to the front free endpaper. Author's first book.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First edition. Fine in an about fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with a little rubbing, and a small nick on the corner of the crown. This is the jacket variant with the author photo not in sepia tone an issue point we have always found dubious. Nicely Inscribed by the author: "for Susan, with love and admiration for a fellow artist and friend. Alexander February 20, 1975." The brilliant but irascible author's first book.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in two tones of dark red cloth, in a Fine first issue dustwrapper, not price-clipped, and unfaded. 216pp. Author's first book. Q15718.