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The Butterfly Ward
by Gibson, Margaret
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0814908349
- ISBN 13
- 9780814908341
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Vanguard Press, Inc, New York, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: Elizabeth Woll -- Cover Art. Light tan coloured endpapers. 1/4 buckram cloth backstrip with metallic copper titles. 3/4 Bone coloured boards. Illustrated dustwrapper by Elizabeth Woll, with pink background and dark pink and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Author photograph to the rear dustwrapper panel. Short stories by the author dealing with madness -- insanity and what is normal. Authors' first work, in which she won, with Margaret Atwood, City of Toronto prize for best fiction. A little rubbing to the book corners and dustiness to the top text block edge. This book is a first American edition with a complete number line; -- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0. A little rubbing to the dustwrapper edges. There is a small tear to the top right-hand corner of the rear dustwrapper panel. The backstrip is faded. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. IV, 138 pages, last five pages blank,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Elizabeth Woll -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; First Work; ISBN: 0814908349. ISBN/EAN: 9780814908341. Inventory No: 0106629. . 9780814908341
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0106629
- Title
- The Butterfly Ward
- Author
- Gibson, Margaret
- Illustrator
- Elizabeth Woll -- Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0814908349
- ISBN 13
- 9780814908341
- Publisher
- The Vanguard Press, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Short Stories, Author's First Work, Madness Literature & Literary; First Work; Elizabeth Woll -- Cover Art Unbranded ISBN: 0814908349 EAN: 9780814908341 Gibson, Margaret The Butterfly Ward
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Work;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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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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