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SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1988* Publisher: Paul Watkins.* Binding and cover condition: Soft illustrated monochrome card covers (yellow). No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. No tanning. FINE* Illustrations: b/w illustrations & line drawings throughout.* Pages: 128 pp. text.* Product Description:- A collection of remarks overheard in second-hand bookshops ranging from the utterly repellent to the bizarre. The second-hand book trade is a way of life, and this collection of anecdotes is offered as a celebration of it. Its humour derives from both the general absurdity of the book world and from that other great source of amusement, the practice of buying and selling.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*
BOOK-WORM DROPPINGS, AN ANTHOLOGY OF ABSURD REMARKS MADE BY CUSTOMERS IN SECONDHAND BOOKSHOPS. With illustrations by Martin Smith by Tyas, Shaun - 1988
by Tyas, Shaun
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BOOK-WORM DROPPINGS, AN ANTHOLOGY OF ABSURD REMARKS MADE BY CUSTOMERS IN SECONDHAND BOOKSHOPS. With illustrations by Martin Smith
by Tyas, Shaun
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Stamford: Paul Watkins, 1988. printed paper over boards. 8vo. printed paper over boards. 122, (4) pages. First edition, this being one of the 500 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator and bound thus. A wonderful collection of quotes collected over a period of eight years by the author and other dealers.
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Book-worm Droppings: An Anthology of Absurd Remarks Made by Customers in Second-hand Bookshops
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Book-Worm Droppings. An anthology of absurd remarks made by customers in secondhand bookshops.
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Book. Good. Binding see description. Collected by Shaun Tyas. With illustrations by Martin Smith. Stamford, Paul Watkins, 1988. 127 pp. Illus. in b/w. Boards. "Hardback 500 copies only, no. 302" * A wonderful collection of quotes collected over a period of eight years by the author and other dealers. 0.
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Book-worm Droppings. An Anthology of Absurd Remarks made by Customers in Secondhand Bookshops. + More Book-Worm Droppings,..
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Paul Watkins, Stamford, Paul Watkins, Stamford. 1988:1990, 122:128pp.Illustrated. 1x hardcover + 1x softcover. In good condition. Price is for the 2 books together. ISBN: 9781871615005
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Book-worm droppings : an anthology of absurd remarks made by customers in secondhand bookshops / collected by Shaun Tyas ; with illustrations by Martin Smith
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Stamford : Paul Watkins, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by both authors. Very good copy in the original colour-printed boards. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 122p. : ill. ; 24cm. Subjects: Antiquarian booksellers -- Great Britain -- Directories.
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BOOK-WORM DROPPINGS (Signed Copy) An Anthology of Absurd Remarks Made by Customers in Secondhand Bookshops
by Tyas, Shaun & Smith (illus), Martin
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United Kingdom: Paul Watkins Publishing, 1988. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Includes a few quotes from Occultique. Good reading. Ranges from the utterly repellent to the bizarre. Paul Watkins Publishing, Stamford 1988. 124 + 4pp pb signed by the author, fine
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