Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 265 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over white boards with gilt design to board in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Julie Stone is a young German woman who, losing her father in the Nazi persecutions, finds herself in post-war England, married to a successful professor and the mother of two children. She enjoys the life of the campus, but the facts of her past and of her husband Charles's age, which is nearly twice hers, finally start to take their toll, leading her to an affair with a young student called Sam, which in turn leads all three to new thresholds in their life. This is a very small story where you fancy that friends of Alvarez may have recognized themselves among the cast. There is some pathos surrounding the pompous, portly figure of Charles, but the young lovers Julie and Sam are for the most part dull and not particularly likable figures. Julie's past is indistinct, and though the plot seems to chase it towards a personal resolution, ultimately this is superfluous to her unfaithfulness, or to the themes about generational divides. Condition: Corners bumped. Jacket spine extremities creased, covers lightly soiled. Seller Inventory # BOOKS001109
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 40136369-6
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # GRP96577362
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First US Edition. Light shelfwear to book and jacket, otherwise very nice. Text clean, spine strong. [Montreal Books Rating System: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book. Seller Inventory # 016593
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # 10744
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # GRP96577362
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First US Edition. Light shelfwear to book and jacket, otherwise very nice. Text clean, spine strong. [Montreal Books Rating System: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book. Seller Inventory # 016593
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st US Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED and inscribed by author on a bookplate on front end page. Slight spine slant, foxing to page edges. DJ rubbed and soiled, shelf edge wear, tape reinforment on edges, price-clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 002820
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Top edge is discolored. In protective mylar cover. (Literature, Fiction, Drama). Seller Inventory # Q04A-01588
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st US. (1st US) DJ has color-illustration of flower on front, photo of Alvarez on back. Slightly smaller book, black cloth spine, white blue-grained boards with gilt author's initials on front bright, near fine on spine, 265 pages plus brief biographical note. Very slightly browned at book's top and bottom front, lightly browned on back. DJ front and back edges browned. Near Very Good DJ/Good book. Seller Inventory # 19378