About this title: In this allegorical tale, Alfred Jones, the English narrator falls in love and marries the young daughter of the Swiss millionaire, Dry. Filcher. Jones' is famous for giving dinner parties at which his guests are humiliated and subsequently rewarded with expensive gifts. After Jones loses his wife in a skiing accident, Dry. Filcher invites him to the most elaborate party he has ever given.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780671254674ISBN:0671254677
Description: Good in Fair jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Possible Book Club Edition. The book is very solid with bright, unmarked pages. The dust jacket has minor shelf & edge wear except for sticker residue on the front, a 1 inch tear on the lower front edge near the corner and a 1/2 inch tear at the lower front of the spine. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780671254674ISBN:0671254677
Description: Very Good in Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Maroon cloth with silver lettering; 156pp; a square, solid copy with just light wear to extremities; dj with some edgewear; pages are clean and unmarked; Brodart jacket cover. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin, Harmondsworth
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780140055887ISBN:0140055886
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean pages, no marks or tears, heavy tanning on pages & some on cover, chipping/fading cover, pencil writing on first page, yellow stain on first few pages, tight binding, dirt soiling to outer page edges. 144p.; 18 cm. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1980-05-28
ISBN-13:9780671254674ISBN:0671254677
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. DJ is worn, with small tears on edges. Inside pages very good, clean, bright and tight. Unconditional money back guarantee. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780671254674ISBN:0671254677
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780671254674ISBN:0671254677
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780671254674ISBN:0671254677
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
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