Isbn: 9780224026086 - utz (38 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Utz 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. …

Hardback. Zustand: 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.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: 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.

Zustand: 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.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: 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.

Zustand: acceptable. Ausreichend/Acceptable: Exemplar mit vollständigem Text und sämtlichen Abbildungen oder Karten. Schmutztitel oder Vorsatz können fehlen. Einband bzw. Schutzumschlag weisen unter Umständen starke Gebrauchsspuren auf. / Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, dust jacket (if any), etc may also be worn.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Bon. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very Good Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Good Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 154 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Collectors and collecting ; Fiction. Collectors and collecting. Collectors and collecting Czechoslovakia ; Fiction. Cold war, Literature - 20th Century. Czechoslovakia ; Fiction. Czechoslovakia Fiction, Fiction in English 1945 Texts. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is slightly scuffed, and page block and page edges are very lightly tanned. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket and page block are lightly foxed. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. All in VG internal clean and bright order bar light spotting to endpapers and block edge. Smart black boards have bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j lightly rubbed, with some spotting to interior flaps. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.10909831). 8vo. 154pp. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Copy is not price-clipped. Physical description: 154 p. ; 23 cm. Summary: Harbouring his private collection of Meissen porcelains, Kaspar Utz found a refuge from the horrors of the twentieth century. It was the colourful Harlequin, 'the Trickster', with whom nondescript Utz most identified. Chatwin explores the life of Utz and his 'blasphemous' collecting habit in this stylish fiction. Subject: Collectors and collecting - Fiction. Collectors and collecting - Czechoslovakia - Fiction. English fiction - 20th century. Czechoslovakia - Fiction. Fiction in English - 1945- - Texts. Modern fiction, FICTION / General. Genre: Fiction, text. 1 Kg.…

1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (light wear at edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (lamination a little creased on upper cover - otherwise VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 154 (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper).

Zustand: Very Good. 1988. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light wear, remains a fine copy. . . . .

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Jonathan Cape, 1988, first edition. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, 154pp. D/j slightly shelfmarked, exposed edges of flaps a little foxed. A good copy. 0224026089/0.4uk.

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. F-. First Edition. VG/F-. 8vo. original black boards gilt (clean ex-library with occ. rsms etc to outer leaves & leaf edges only, else crisp & unread) in dustwrapper priced £9.95 net in UK (slight crazing to laminate); pp. 154. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Fine in just about fine lightly rubbed dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition - the last book that was published in Chatwin's lifetime. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. Binding straight with no reading lean. Spine tight. Page block edges clean with just some light foxing to the top edge. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean and bright. No creases or tears. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper, that has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £9.95 net. No chips or tears. No creases. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***154 pages. 224mm x 142mm. ***'Harbouring his private collection of Meissen porcelains, Kasper Utz found a refuge from the horrors of the twentieth century. Compared with the exquisite reality of his figurines, rescued and safe in the illusionist city of Prague, the Gestapo and the Secret Police were to Utz as 'creatures of tinsel'. ***By modelling and remodelling the figure of Utz as each new detail about his life is unearthed, Bruce Chatwin offers an insight into the fictional process itself. The artistry, as always, is made to look simple, yet Chatwin's work stands out among contemporary writing as something valuable and rare.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'Charles Bruce Chatwin FRSL (13 May 1940 - 18 Jan 1989) was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist. His first book, "In Patagonia" (1977), established Chatwin as a travel writer, although he considered himself instead a storyteller, interested in bringing to light unusual tales. He won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel "On the Black Hill" (1982), while his novel "Utz" (1988) was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In 2008 The Times ranked Chatwin as number 46 on their list of "50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945." (Wiki) ***A near fine first impression of the first edition of Bruce Chatwin's novel "Utz". A nice collectable copy. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition - the last book that was published in Chatwin's lifetime. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. Binding straight with no reading lean. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean and bright with no foxing. No creases or tears. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper, that has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £9.95 net. No chips or tears. No creases. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***154 pages. 224mm x 142mm. ***'Harbouring his private collection of Meissen porcelains, Kasper Utz found a refuge from the horrors of the twentieth century. Compared with the exquisite reality of his figurines, rescued and safe in the illusionist city of Prague, the Gestapo and the Secret Police were to Utz as 'creatures of tinsel'. ***By modelling and remodelling the figure of Utz as each new detail about his life is unearthed, Bruce Chatwin offers an insight into the fictional process itself. The artistry, as always, is made to look simple, yet Chatwin's work stands out among contemporary writing as something valuable and rare.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'Charles Bruce Chatwin FRSL (13 May 1940 - 18 Jan 1989) was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist. His first book, "In Patagonia" (1977), established Chatwin as a travel writer, although he considered himself instead a storyteller, interested in bringing to light unusual tales. He won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel "On the Black Hill" (1982), while his novel "Utz" (1988) was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In 2008 The Times ranked Chatwin as number 46 on their list of "50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945." (Wik) ***A near fine first impression of the first edition of Bruce Chatwin's novel "Utz". A nice collector's copy. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Zustand: Very Good. 1988. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light wear, remains a fine copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 154 pp. Black hardback in dust jacket. Clean copy, bright and square binding. No markings. The novel follows Meissen porcelain collector, Kasper Utz, as he tries to leave his home in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War only to find himself unable to come back because of his collection. Short-listed for the 1988 Booker Prize. 0224026089 8vo.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 154 pages. DJ slightly worn Bruce Chatwin's bestselling novel traces the fortunes of Kaspar Utz, an enigm atic collector of Meissen porcelain living in Cold War Czechoslovakia. Although Utz is allowed to leave the country each year, and considers defecting each time , he always returns to his Czech home, a prisoner of the Communist state and of his precious collection.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Binding slightly cocked, light bumping at the foot of the spine, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with creased lamination on the spine.