"This romp through a rural English manor and its ritualistic mannerisms is a glittering entertainment, a grab-bag of allusions, images, and rhetorical gems that Burgess (an opulent king of the Queen's English) profligately casts away like mere baubles. . . . [His] verbal and dramatic alchemy turns the dross of caricature inscribed on the pedestal of an engaging fable. Sensuous, irreverent, erudite. . . . An epithalamium to the sacred, happy marriage of language and literature." -- Saturday Review
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"This romp through a rural English manor and its ritualistic mannerisms is a glittering entertainment, a grab-bag of allusions, images, and rhetorical gems that Burgess (an opulent king of the Queen's English) profligately casts away like mere baubles. . . . [His] verbal and dramatic alchemy turns the dross of caricature inscribed on the pedestal of an engaging fable. Sensuous, irreverent, erudite. . . . An epithalamium to the sacred, happy marriage of language and literature." -- Saturday Review
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Add this copy of The Eve of Saint Venus to cart. $2.99, very good condition, Sold by TheWellHouse rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Springs, NV, UNITED STATES.
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Add this copy of The Eve of Saint Venus (With a New Preface By the to cart. $6.00, very good condition, Sold by John McCormick rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NIAGARA FALLS, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1981 by London: Hamlyn Paperbacks # 20525 1st Printing.
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BALLANTINE 1971, first printing, Vintage copy with great cover art. Good solid paperback with moderate reading/age wear, may have some light markings, pages may have some mild tanning. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.
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Very Good+ Book The Eve of Saint Venus, a glittering novel of love and sensuality by the author of A Clockwork Orange. Paperback with cover art Wilson McLean, x, 143 pp. Ballantine 1st Printing May, 1971. Mild wear, text is slightly age-toned otherwise unmarked, tight binding.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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VG- Not ex-lib. Softcover in light violet wraps, 12mo. 1st printing thus, 1979. 138pp. Drawings by Edward Pagram. VG-. Moderate curl with no creases toward fore edge of front wraps; light wear at tips of corners of wraps with touches of card separation at lower tips; toning to rear wrap just below upper edge; central wraps clean and nicely-colored. Binding strong and square; pages clean and unmarked.
