I Remember (SIGNED)
by Bird, Cyril F. (Capt)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, (slightly chipped but v.g.); red cothbound boards with gilt spine titling (slightly dulle
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1955. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, (slightly chipped but v.g.); red cothbound boards with gilt spine titling (slightly dulled); text block firm, pages unmarked. Signed to title page. Housed in publisher's original shipping box.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Memoirs of a chartered accountant who worked for the British Empire Cancer Campign, but who had been in the British army, and most interestingly, in China around the time of the fall of the Chinese Monarchy. 6 b/w plates.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC131995
- Title
- I Remember (SIGNED)
- Author
- Bird, Cyril F. (Capt)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, (slightly chipped but v.g.); red cothbound boards with gilt spine titling (slightly dulle
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Pages
- 168
- Size
- 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8\"\" x
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, autobiography, memoir, signed, Bird
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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