The shelf · Literary Fiction · The Kingdom of the Wicked
First edition
The Kingdom of the Wicked
Anthony Burgess
Arbor House, 1985. First edition, first printing.
$25One copy · this copy
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- Book
- Near Fine
- Jacket
- Very Good
- Jacket note
- The dust jacket grades Very Good.
- Our ref
- RCB-a7c05a0c7c7c
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-a7c05a0c7c7c · 8 photographs of this copy
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First US trade edition: Arbor House, New York, 1985
examined on the copy in hand
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Number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ending in 1 = first printing
examined on the copy in hand
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Price $17.95 present on front flap (argues against book club issue)
examined on the copy in hand
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ISBN 0-87795-753-3
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Copyright 1985 by Liana Burgess; Manufactured in the United States of America
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Separate signed limited was privately printed by The Franklin Library (not this copy)
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
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tanned/sunned jacket spine
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fraying and small chipping at head of jacket spine
3
light soiling and finger-smudges to cream front panel
4
edge rubbing to jacket
noted on the copy in hand
5
toning to page-block edges
This copy
First edition
What a true first shows: Hutchinson, London, 1985 (UK); first US: Arbor House, New York, 1985, cloth in jacket
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.