ISBN: 9780233960746 - couples (15 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. One of the signature novels of the American 1960s, Couples is a book that, when it debuted, scandalized the public with prose pictures of the way people live, and that today provides an engrossing epitaph to the short, happy life of the post-Pill paradise. It chronicles the interactions of ten young married couples in a seaside New England community who make a cult of sex and of themselves. The group of acquaintances form a magical circle, complete with ritualistic games, religious substitutions, a priest (Freddy Thorne), and a scapegoat (Piet Hanema). As with most American utopias, this one s existence is brief and unsustainable, but the imaginative quest that inspires its creation is eternal.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and tears.

hardcover. Zustand: 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.…

Zustand: 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. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:0233960740.…

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0233960740.…

hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good Jacket. Foxing on the endpapers. 1982 fifth impression Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Third Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; [6], 458 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Married people Fiction. Suburban life Fiction. Adultery Fiction. United States Social life and customs 20th century Fiction. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition; Second Printing. Minor shelf wear to unclipped DJ, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Stated 2nd impression at base of front fly. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside. DJ artwork detail from Adam and Eve Sleeping by William Blake. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 464 pages; All well-to-do, all thirty-five-ish, ten couples living in Tarbox, New England, form an excusive, competitive group. They are sociable, articulate and unhappy; they enjoy sailing, basketball and skiing; they play word games in the evenings - and adultery all the year round. Slipping in and out of affairs, their rituals are observed by the baleful eye of their self-appointed ringmaster, Freddy Thorne.…

1968 1st UK edition, 2nd impression, tightly bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine; slight discolouration/spotting to very edges of cover. Dust jacket not price-clipped and protected by removable clear film; very light wear and tear to edges and corners. Page fore-edges slightly yellowed with a few tiny spots. Internally, a little foxing to top corners of final pages; just a few small discolouration spots elsewhere; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. A good clean copy with some light shelf wear to the jacket and a slight forward lean, but firmly bound.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. The jacket is edgeworn.Minor markings.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Zustand: Ottimo (Fine). Jacket design by Patricia Davey. 8vo. pp. 458. . Ottimo (Fine). Fioriture ai tagli (Yellowing of edges). Prima edizione (First Edition). . Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket). Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good.