Written in the 1950s, the eight stories collected here are brilliantly of their time: the decade of rubber plants, espresso bars and skiffle, of Suez, Teddy Boys and Angry Young Men. With compassion and deadly accuracy, Angus Wilson charts the scandals and secrets of the respectable middle classes - Kennie, the Borstal Boy mascot of an intellectual clique; June Raven, an SW3 hostess who gets over-involved with one of her publisher-husband's authors; Lord Peacehaven, retired megalomaniac; Maurice Liebig, teenage pawn in a ...
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Written in the 1950s, the eight stories collected here are brilliantly of their time: the decade of rubber plants, espresso bars and skiffle, of Suez, Teddy Boys and Angry Young Men. With compassion and deadly accuracy, Angus Wilson charts the scandals and secrets of the respectable middle classes - Kennie, the Borstal Boy mascot of an intellectual clique; June Raven, an SW3 hostess who gets over-involved with one of her publisher-husband's authors; Lord Peacehaven, retired megalomaniac; Maurice Liebig, teenage pawn in a family feud; and the mad old man who finds the justice of God in a hen roost.
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Add this copy of A Bit Off the Map and Other Stories to cart. $3.00, good condition, Sold by Top Notch Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tolar, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Viking Penguin.
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Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 8 short stories of the 'respectiable' middle classes of the fifties. Wraps are scuffed, spine is unbent. There is a damp stain on bottom corner of first pages. Text is clean & unmarked.
Add this copy of A Bit Off the Map and Other Stories to cart. $4.50, fair condition, Sold by Bookshop Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Baltimore, MD, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1968 by Penguin.
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Fair. Spine and cover creases, clean text, brown spots on endpapers. Includes eight stories-A Bit Off the Map, A Flat Country Christmas, More Friend than Lodger, Once a Lady, After the Show, Higher Standards, A Sad Fall, Ten Minutes to Twelve;
Add this copy of A Bit Off the Map-and Other Stories to cart. $5.00, very good condition, Sold by Liberty Book Shop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Avis, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1957 by VIKING.
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Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Red cloth, slight edge rubbing, paper edge yellowed. In slightly chipped DJ that is browned on the inside of the DJ. Now protected in a mylar jacket.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 193 pages.
Add this copy of A Bit Off the Map and Other Stories to cart. $8.00, very good condition, Sold by Gils Book Loft rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1957 by Viking.
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Bill English dj. Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. Book Black-stamped red bds, very slightly cocked. No names, clean text. Attr. dust jacket w/ slight edgewear. Solid. Title story & 7 more. 14302 shelf.
Add this copy of A Bit Off the Map and Other Stories to cart. $11.00, good condition, Sold by Top Notch Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tolar, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1957 by The Viking Press.
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Good in Good jacket. Ex-Libris. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Jacket in brodart, chipped and tanning. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.
Add this copy of A Bit Off the Map and Other Stories to cart. $11.29, like new condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Faber and Faber.
Add this copy of A Bit Off the Map and Other Stories to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by The Wild Muse rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Granville, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1957 by Secker & Warburg.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo. First Edition. Hard cover. Published London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. Some foxing to front edge, two spots on back cover. Very good.
Add this copy of A Bit Off the Map and Other Stories [Mar 30, 1978] to cart. $13.98, good condition, Sold by Sperry Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rollinsford, NH, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Penguin Books.
Add this copy of A Bit Off the Map and Other Stories to cart. $16.04, very good condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 1978 by Penguin Group.
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Very Good. 1977. Paperback. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Ex-Libris with stamp and usual markings. Light foxing, remains very good.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of A Bit Off the Map and Other Stories to cart. $16.04, good condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 1978 by Penguin Group.
