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About this title: In John Berger's novel--his first--Janos Lavin, an expatriate Hungarian painter in London, disappears after his wildly successful one-man show. From the diaries Janos left behind, an English friend tries to find out why. What he discovers--which centers on the 1956 uprising in Budapest--has as much to do with the conflict between art and politics as it does with Janos's mysterious exit. First published in 1958, A PAINTER OF OUR TIME draws on some of Berger's perennial themes--themes he returned to continually in both his fiction and his art criticism: a socialist-inspired sympathy with the ...
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Painter of Our Time (Pantheon Modern Writers)
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Berger, John
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Pantheon, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780679722717
ISBN: 0679722718
Description: Good in N/a jacket. 0679722718 book in good used condition. read more
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Painter of Our Time
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Berger, John, and Engelhardt, Tom (Editor)
Edition: Pantheon ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780679722717
ISBN: 0679722718
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. This PAPERBACK is in GOOD condition, BUT covers show some WEAR and rubbing. Cover shows some shelf scuff. Some corner and edge wear. Price crossed off back cover in black marker. Some UNDERLINING to pages, as well.... Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 200 p. Pantheon Modern Writers. Audience: General/trade. read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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John Berger
Binding: Softcover
ISBN-13: 9780904613131
ISBN: 0904613135
Description: 1982. Paperback. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Shipped to over one million satisfied book lovers. Read with Experienced Books. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. BINDING IS SOFTCOVER; Cover has some wear on edges. read more
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Painter of Our Time (Pantheon Modern Writers)
by
John Berger
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780679722717
ISBN: 0679722718
Description: GOOD. USED Ex-Library Book; Stained Edges; stained cover. read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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Berger, John
Edition: Pantheon ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780679722717
ISBN: 0679722718
Description: Cover photograph by Robert Doisneau, hand tinting by Christine Rodin. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Strong binding. Pages clean. Cover light wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 200 p. Pantheon Modern Writers. Audience: General/trade. From the back cover: "The year is 1956. Janos Lavin, a Hungarian expatriate painter, has disappeared from London without explanation just after his first public and commercial success, a one-man show at a fashionable London gallery. Where has he gone? ... read more
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Painter of Our Time (Pantheon Modern Writers)
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John Berger
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 1989-03-18
ISBN-13: 9780679722717
ISBN: 0679722718
Description: Good. Writing on inside cover or fly. Some wear to covers. read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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John Berger
Binding: Softcover
ISBN-13: 9780904613131
ISBN: 0904613135
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A Painter of Our Time
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John Berger
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780904613131
ISBN: 0904613135
Description: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD. read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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Berger, John
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative Ltd., London
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13: 9780904613131
ISBN: 0904613135
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased and slightly soiled; moderate edge wear/ Friends of the Library stamp on title and or front page/ corners and spine hinge creased/ several pages and page tips creased. read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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Berger, John
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 1958
Description: Ex-library copy. Wraps, library bound. An excellent reading copy with bright crisp text throughout. read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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John Berger
Binding: Softbound
Publisher: Writers and Readers, London
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13: 9780904613131
ISBN: 0904613135
Description: VG+. No spine crease, only light edgewear. Clean throughout. read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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John Berger
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Pantheon, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780679722717
ISBN: 0679722718
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Clean, tight paperback, no chipping, no tears, pages clean and bright, unmarked, no names or bookplates. 200 pgs. read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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Berger, John
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books 1989
Description: 200 pp. Trade paper. VG+ read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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Berger
Binding: Hardcover
Description: 1958. Hardcover. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Shipped to over one million satisfied book lovers. Read with Experienced Books. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. Some aging/yellowing of text pages. Substantial discoloration/sunfade of cover/spine. read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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Berger, John
Binding: Hardcover
Description: Simon and Schuster. NY. 1959. Stated first printing. Hardcover. 238 pages. Very slight shelfwear. Pages yellowing. Near very good condition. Dust jacket is scuffed and has light chipping. read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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Berger, John
Binding: Hardcover
Description: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Book Condition: Good. "No Jacket, Spine slightly loose, some foxing. " read more
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A Painter of Our Time
by
Berger, John
list price: $17.00
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USA
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13: 9780679737230
ISBN: 0679737235
Description: New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 208 p. New read more
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Painter of Our Time
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Berger, John
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon Schuster, New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: First U.S. edition of author's FIRST BOOK. Very good hardcover but printed on poor paper, in lightly worn dust jacket with small hole & peel mark rear-panel. [Novel] read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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John Berger
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hard Cover
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Date Published: 1959
Description: Very Good in Fair jacket. First Printing. Book clean, intact and unmarked throughout. Mild edge wear and age toning to paper. Cover very nice. DJ with chipping, spotting and fading. DJ also with quite a bit of rubbing in a few spots. Jacket has been worn away in one small area on the front and a slightly larger area on the back. Title and artwork on front cover remain intact and very nice. read more
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A painter of our time.
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Berger, John
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hard cover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Slight edgewear and soil on dj, pages tanning at edges, else fine. Cover design by Seymour Chwast. 238 p. 21 cm. A novel. read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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John Berger
Description: Good. Good condition Owner's name inside. read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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Berger, John
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London, Secker & Warburg
Date Published: 1958
Description: First edition-h/c in d.j. The painter is Janos Lavin, a Hungarian, a Communist who disappears in 1956 as success comes to him. John Berger discovers the journal which Lavin has kept for several years on his thoughts, his progress, his political responsibilities, and all he knows and thinks about art in our time. 203 x 138mm., pp. frontis, 238, contents near fine, d.j. sunned spine, rub. /wear top front r.h. corner & slight crease. /wear front top edge, no tears-overall a nice copy apart from ... read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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Berger, John
Edition: First U.S.
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: VG in VG jacket. Hard Cover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Minor shelf wear to both book and jacket. read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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Berger, John
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY 1959
Description: First novel. First Edition. Fine in fine dj. read more
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A Painter of Our Time
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Berger, John
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Secker & Warburg. London
Date Published: 1958
Description: FIRST EDITION, 8vo hardback with d/w (designed by Peter de Francia), pp238, b/w frontis. Slight handling wear to boards, d/w rather edgeworn, closed tears to corners, spine faded. Overall a VG copy in somewhat damaged but Good dust jacket. (SHELF 64) read more
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