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Patrick White Letters
Patrick White
1994
Random House : Australia
9.5" by 6"
[8], ix, 677pp
SUMMARY
The first edition of the collections of Patrick White's letters, inscribed by the editor to the publisher Tom Maschler.
Author's Presentation Copy,First Edition,Publishers' Original Binding,Signed,With Dustwrapper
Overall Condition: Near Fine
This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 23.99
EU Postage: £ 18.99
European Postage: £ 19.99
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition of this work.
Editor's presentation copy, inscribed by the editor to the publisher Tom Maschler, 'For Tom Maschler, with my thanks, David Marr'.
Tom Maschler’s bookplate to the verso to the front endpaper. Maschler is a publisher who worked for Jonathan Cape, who discovered and published authors including Ian McEwan and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
In the original unclipped dustwrapper.
A collection of the letters of the Australian author Patrick White.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven pages of plates, and a few in-text illustrations.
Edited by David Marr.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, near fine, with a bump to the head of the spine. Bookplate to the verso to the front endpaper. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Editor's inscription to the title page.
Overall Condition: Near Fine Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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