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Bruce Chatwin
by Shakespeare, Nicholas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- F/F-
- ISBN 10
- 1860465447
- ISBN 13
- 9781860465444
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Harvill Press in association with Jonathan Cape, 1999 F/F-. 8vo. original black boards gilt in dustwrapper (slightly edge rubbed); pp. xiv (last blank), 592 (last blank), with illustrations. Heavy item (1.5 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A near fine copy. Flatsigned on title page 'Nicholas Shakespeare'.. Signed by Author. Reprint. Hard Cover. F/F-.
Synopsis
Nicholas Shakespeare is the author of The Vision of Elena Silves , winner of the Somerset Maugham Award for The High Flyer , for which he was nominated one of Granta 's Best of Young British Novelists in 1993, and The Dancer Upstairs . Between 1991 and 1998 he journeyed in Chatwin's tracks to research this authorized biography.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011238
- Title
- Bruce Chatwin
- Author
- Shakespeare, Nicholas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F
- Jacket Condition
- F-
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 1860465447
- ISBN 13
- 9781860465444
- Publisher
- Harvill Press in association with Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Nicholas Shakespeare Bruce Chatwin Travel Biography
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Flatsigned
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.