Life’s Little Ironies. A Set of Tales with some Colloquial Sketches entitled A Few Crusted Characters. Library edition.
by HARDY, THOMAS:
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- Hardcover
- first
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan & Co Ltd. 1952 1st thus.. 5.5 x 8.75 inches. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With decorated dustwrapper. Maps of Wessex to endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Spine slightly darkened and rubbed at top end and edges. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges and endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 259 pp.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88362
- Title
- Life’s Little Ironies. A Set of Tales with some Colloquial Sketches entitled A Few Crusted Characters. Library edition.
- Author
- HARDY, THOMAS:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co Ltd. 1952 1st thus.
- Keywords
- HARDY, THOMAS THOMAS HARDY, life’s little ironies, tales, colloquial sketches, crusted characters, library edition, Wessex, 1st thus, dustwrapper,
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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