The Best of the Raconteurs
by Morley, Sheridan and Heald, Tim -- Selected by
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Folio Society, London, 2004. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. Illustrator: John Lawrence. preface by Sheridan Morley, index and acknowledgements. Yellow coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white drawings by John Lawrence. Brick coloured boards with black and white illustrations -- as if a selection of the raconteurs within the book were sitting at a table, by John Lawrence with black titles to the backstrip. Brick coloured slip case. A book in which some of the world's best tellers of tales i.e. raconteurs tell their best stories. Included are such people as Robert Morley, PG Wodehouse, Woody Allen, Beatrice Lillie, Charles Chaplin, John Mortimer, Dorothy Parker and lots more. The book is in very good condition with no annotations or markings and is gift quality. A couple of handling marks to 1 of the slip case panels otherwise no damage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. IV, 288 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: John Lawrence. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 0288974. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0288974
- Title
- The Best of the Raconteurs
- Author
- Morley, Sheridan and Heald, Tim -- Selected by
- Illustrator
- John Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Humour -- After-Dinner Speeches -- Anecdotes -- Recollections Humour; Literature & Literary. John Lawrence Unbranded Morley, Sheridan and Heald, Tim -- Selected by The Best of the Raconteurs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humour;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About 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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