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A Collection of Short Story Volumes by V. S. Pritchett

V. S. Pritchett

1961-1989

Chatto & Windus : London

7.5" by 5"; 8.5" by 5.5"

251; 224; 179; 164pp.

 

   

SUMMARY

 Four smart first edition short story collections from British writer and literary critic Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett.

First Edition,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,With Dustwrapper

Overall Condition: Fine

This book weighs 2 KG when packed

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DESCRIPTION

Four volumes.

First edition.

Written by Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett, a British writer and literary critic particularly known for his short stories.

This set contains:

When my Girl Comes Home, 1961.

A collection of nine short stories, including: The Wheelbarrow, Just a Little More, and The Key to my Heart.

Blind Love and Other Stories, 1969.

A collection of ten short stories, including: The Nest Builder, Our Oldest Friend, and The Honeymoon.

On the Edge of the Cliff and Other Stories, 1980.

A collection of nine short stories, including: A Family Man, The Wedding, and The Fig Tree.

A Careless Widow and Other Stories, 1989.

A collection of six short stories, including: Cocky Olly, A Trip to the Seaside, and A Change of Policy.


CONDITION

In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with minor wear to the extremities and light sunning to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout.

Overall Condition: Fine  Near Fine

 

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.

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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.

  

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