Arena, 1988, Softcover, Book Condition: Good, First
Colour illustrated card cover with blue and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. When liberating armies find the body of Hugh Selwyn Mauberley in an Austrian grand hotel in the winter of 1945, they also find his last desperate story written on the walls and ceilings of his prison. "... Fascinated but horrified, they learn of a dazzling array of characters caught up in the scandal and political corruption. The exile Duke and Duchess of Windsor, von Ribbentrop, Hitler, Charles Lindenberg, Sir Harry Oakes all play sinister parts in an elaborate scheme to secure world domination." -- from rear panel blurb. Creasing to the book corners and a little is chipping to the lower right hand corner of the back strip. Browning of the text block edges and pages with some scattered stains to the edges. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 396, [10 of which three are further titles publishing house]pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0099562308. ISBN/EAN: 9780099562306. Inventory No: 0121491.
Colour illustrated card cover with blue and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. When liberating armies find the body of Hugh Selwyn Mauberley in an Austrian grand hotel in the winter of 1945, they also find his last desperate story written on the walls and ceilings of his prison. "... Fascinated but horrified, they learn of a dazzling array of characters caught up in the scandal and political corruption. The exile Duke and Duchess of Windsor, von Ribbentrop, Hitler, Charles Lindenberg, Sir Harry Oakes all play sinister parts in an elaborate scheme to secure world domination." -- from rear panel blurb. Creasing to the book corners and a little is chipping to the lower right hand corner of the back strip. Browning of the text block edges and pages with some scattered stains to the edges. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 396, [10 of which three are further titles publishing house]pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0099562308. ISBN/EAN: 9780099562306. Inventory No: 0121491.