Temporary Kings
Boston Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1973. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) of two man dby John Alcorn, 280 pages. Fine / Fine. Item #2109
ISBN: 0316715476
11th volume in Powell's A Dance To The Music Of Time series of novels.
"All of Powell's sensuous language, his sparkling clarity, wit, and grace are strikingly present, but now there is an added dimension as well--an electric sense of impending doom that makes Temporary Kings the most dramatic and exciting book of this extraordinary series."--jacket.
Anthony Powell CH CBE (1905 – 2000) was an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, published between 1951 and 1975. Powell's major work has remained in print continuously and has been the subject of TV and radio dramatisations. In 2008, The Times newspaper named Powell among their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945."--Wikipedia
SUPERIOR COPY: clean, tight, bright. Clean and attractive dj with a few small, clean nicks on its upper edge. Previous owner's name on free front endpaper.
Price: $60.00