Battle Pollocks Crossing by Carr (44 results)

Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Battle of Pollocks Crossing This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.…

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing paperback 176 pages Very good condition Previous owner's name on front end paper.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. First Penguin Edition. VG+, Edgewear, crease, previous owner name & address embossed on first page, light browning. Comic drama. Cover illustration by Mark Entwhistle. Photo on request.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 176 pages. 7.64x5.12x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New. 2010, 176pp, NEW softback; Octavo.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:0670805599. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Three books by J.L Carr: What Hetty Did 1988 Quince Tree UK illustrated paperback - SIGNED by J.L Carr ( see photograph.) Harpole & Foxberrow General Publishers 1992 Quince Tree illustrated paperback. Battle of Pollocks Crossing 1985 First UK Viking hardback in dustwrapper. Paperbacks have neat previous owner signatures. All three good- very good. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good. 1st Edition. 176 pages. Sandy coloured dustjacket with light/moderate wear to edges, spine of dustjacket colour-faded but titles clear. Price-clipped. Dark blue hardback binding with light wear to boards' corners and spine-ends. Page very clean.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. First Thus. This new unread copy is bound in illustrated card covers as issued. The contents are bright, tight, white and square. This copy is one of a limited edition of 2000 copies. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. J. L. Carr's The Battle of Pollocks Crossing is a compact, quietly devastating novel about an idealistic English teacher whose year in a small South Dakota town exposes the fragility of the American Dream on the eve of the 1929 crash. It blends dry humour, cultural observation, and a slow-building sense of historical tragedy. The novel follows George Gidner, a young English exchange teacher from Bradford, who travels to the American Midwest hoping for adventure, self‑renewal, and a taste of the mythic West. Instead, he finds a Depression-struck prairie town where optimism is thin and livelihoods are precarious a community shaped by economic anxiety, cultural misunderstandings, and the looming Wall Street Crash. A series of events culminating in the mysterious deaths of two townsmen—Henry Farewell, a banker, and James Aardvark, an elderly blind grocer at the isolated Pollock's Crossing. Ref A6 6.…

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Blue cloth with silver spine titling. Fine in like pictorial dust-jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Quince Tree Press. UK. 1993. 'The Battle of Pollocks Crossing' by J L Carr. This book is a Paperback. First thus. Quince Tree Press. One of only 2,000 copies under Quince Tree Press - J L Carr's own publishing house, set up to produce 'pocket book' type items. This is a handsome copy of this paperback. Clean, bright, glazed covers with very good edges and tips. Some very fine 'creases' to front, very superficial and only seen when held up to light but overall, covers are very good. Strong, unbroken spine. PLEASE NOTE ; there is a name to the front endpaper but otherwise clean and unmarked. To the back cover, is the original 'Quince Tress Press' price label which gives the price and telephone number. The novel has its roots in J L Carr's own stay in the USA, when he took a year out to stay in South Dakota as an exchange teacher. 'The Battle of Pollocks Crossing' by J L Carr. Book is not exlib and will be packed and sent with care.…

Hardback. Condition: Good, sound, ex-library copy. First Edition. Hardback. 176pp. First printing of the first edition of this Booker Prize-nominated novel. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, labels and numbers etc. though there are no number or library marks to the very clean dust wrapper. Most copies have a Viking £9.95 price sticker to inside front flap but this just shows the initial £8.95 price and is obviously not price clipped. Library stamps to colophon and remains of library pocket to the ffep. Else very clean and neat. Good, sound, ex-library copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing.This is a first edition, first printing (first impression) with "First Published 1985" to the copyright page to indicate a true first print in a near fine Dust Jacket which is not price clipped. Shortlisted for the Booker McConnell Prize 1985 bellyband present. Jacqueline O;Brien's book plate to front end page.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First Edition. Near fine copy in dw clipped by publishers with new price sticker added.

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.