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The Humble Disciple
por Booth, Martin
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0712634339
- ISBN 13
- 9780712634335
- Livreiro
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Century, London, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with dark red and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. An elderly Englishmen, Piers Carrington, lives in a Balkan city at the fall of communism. For 'The Socialist Dream' Piers has killed and betrayed everybody and everything, and now is looking at a bleak future; with the new order stripping away his meagre privileges. The author has ''... crafted a haunting, highly topical story of political and moral dissolution and and isolation.'' -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Ex libris plate of a previous owner – John Brunner – can be seen affixed to the front paste-down – please see photograph. Softening of the back strip edges with some rubbing to the lower book edges. A bump to the top front board edge with uniform tanning and scattered foxing to the text block edges. Age toning and some foxing to the pages. Erasure mark to the free front end page. A little creasing of the dustwrapper edges with rubbing of the panels. Fading to the back strip and the rear panel shows foxing spots as does the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8],339, [5]pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Britain/UK; 1980s; ISBN: 0712634339. ISBN/EAN: 9780712634335. Inventory No: 0123704. . 9780712634335
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 0123704
- Título
- The Humble Disciple
- Autor
- Booth, Martin
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very Good Condition
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0712634339
- ISBN 13
- 9780712634335
- Editorial
- Century
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1992
- Palavras-chave
- BZDB2 Literature, 'the socialist dream', espionage, communism, political and moral disillusionment Literature & Literary; Britain/UK; 1980s; Unbranded ISBN: 0712634339 EAN: 9780712634335 Booth, Martin The Humble Disciple
Termos da venda
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
Sobre o Vendedor
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Membro de Biblio desde 2005
melbourne, Victoria
Sobre Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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