About this title: Isherwood's first novel takes place during World War II and tells the story of Stephen Monk, an Englishman living (as Isherwood did) in California who is transplanted to a small Pennsylvania town after his wife leaves him.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780380018574ISBN:0380018578
Description: Acceptable. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Hardcover Stated First Printing
Binding: Good to Fair
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 1954
Description: Good to Fair--Ex-lib. No Jacket. Hardcover Fiction Fiction: A hardcover novel by Isherwood. An ex-library book with the usual stamps and paste-downs. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, NY
Date Published: 1954
Description: Fair to Good. No Jacket. Book Book spine slightly slanted from use. Book is light to moderately soiled (mostly dust). Corners bumped, endpapers and pages darkened. read more
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Wraps have light edgewear, spine is unbent. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Morrow/Avon, New York (Edinburgh, Toronto)
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780380018574ISBN:0380018578
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good condition paperback edition. Scan available. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Paperback.
Publisher: Penguin Books, Harmondsworth
Date Published: 1966
Description: Good. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. 16mo, illus wraps, 301pp. A story of adultery in Hollywood. Slight darkening of covers price notation to cover otherwise about VG. (0.9 FO 42/2) read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MInnesota.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780816633708ISBN:0816633703
Description: Very Good- 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First printing of this trade paperback edition. Smooth spine and no ownership marks or writing. Moderate wear to the edges. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: May not be noted.
ISBN-13:9780413563200ISBN:0413563200
Description: Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 0413563200. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible.; Isherwood, Christopher. The World in the Evening. Random House 1954. First American. 301 pp. DJ with tears and MISSING PART OF SPINE PORTION. Contents VG.; Aproximate packaged weight of 1500 grams. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Four Square
Date Published: 1960
Description: Very Good. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1954
Description: Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1954 first edition of this collectible Isherwood novel of a "wealthy Anglo-American arrested adolescent of thirty-six". 301 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Random House. 1954 stated first printing. Not book club. Book: Good to very good. Would be very good save for removed front end page. Some bumping at spine ends. Interior pages clean. A little looseness at hinges, though still well attached. Some spotting at top outer page surface. Dust ... read more
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