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Unclay: Available Copies

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Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Condition Notes: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 0.65

Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. New Directions is proud to present one of the most spellbinding novels you will read this year, and certainly the weirdest. First published in 1931, Unclay glows with an unworldly lightDeath has come to the small village of Dodder to deliver a parchment with the names of two local mortals and the fatal word unclay upon it. When he loses the precious sheet, he is at a loss, and also free of his errand. Hungry to taste the sweet fruits of human life, Mr. John Death, as he is now known, takes a holiday in Dorsetshire and rests from his reaping. The village teems with the old virtues (love, kindness, patience) and the old sins (lust, avarice, greed). What unfolds is a witty, earthy, metaphysical, and delicious novel of enormous moral force and astonishing beauty. T. F. Powys is a forgotten genius like no otherand Unclay is his masterpiece Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.65

New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Unclay 0.7

Small octavo in brown cloth binding. Condition: minor shelf-wear to binding; faint stain to bottom edge of front & rear covers and also slightly affecting front & rear endpapers but not other pages; else good. Pages: viii, 343 and 4-page publisher's list.

New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. 330

2018. Paperback. . . . . .

2018. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Unread book in perfect condition.

205x140mm, 292pages, Nom du possesseur sur le haut de la page de garde supérieure, autrement bon état. En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter via notre page d'accueil / If there is a problem with the order, please contact us via our homepage.

Presumed first edition w/SD & NAP, hardcover, has a slim sensor tag adhered to the last page, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, sun toning to the spine and head, mild shelfwear to the edges, and a brief bookseller's note to the rear paste down. Otherwise, this is a solid, Near Very Good copy in an unclipped, Good only dust jacket, which has tears and chips no deeper than a couple millimeters to the spine ends and corners, heavy sunning to the spine with areas of toning to the covers, a short snag torn to the rear hinge, and rubbing with some light edge wear to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Scholarly Press, St. Clair Shores, Mi., 1976, (orig.ed.c.1932), 8vo, black cloth, 340pp., ex-lib.- spine label, pocket, stamps, G $

319 pages. 7.25x4.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

First Edition. Chatto & Windus 1931. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Fair. Clean and bright text. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING

Vendor's small stamp on rear pastedown. Brown cloth lettered in gold on spine. Top edge brown. Slightly cocked. Binding slightly looser at front of book. Very good clean text throughout BUT some random spotting to pages. Covers are a bit marked and corners bumped and frayed. Spine is faded and has small closed tears to top and base.

From a private collection. Brown cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. Cloth on spine lightly sunned. Slight wear to extremities. Upper front board corner slightly bumped. Light tan/foxing to edge of page block. Clean and unmarked.

Paperback. New Directions is proud to present one of the most spellbinding novels you will read this year, and certainly the weirdest. First published in 1931, Unclay glows with an unworldly lightDeath has come to the small village of Dodder to deliver a parchment with the names of two local mortals and the fatal word unclay upon it. When he loses the precious sheet, he is at a loss, and also free of his errand. Hungry to taste the sweet fruits of human life, Mr. John Death, as he is now known, takes a holiday in Dorsetshire and rests from his reaping. The village teems with the old virtues (love, kindness, patience) and the old sins (lust, avarice, greed). What unfolds is a witty, earthy, metaphysical, and delicious novel of enormous moral force and astonishing beauty. T. F. Powys is a forgotten genius like no otherand Unclay is his masterpiece Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.