Penguin Books, Middlesex, England, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrated card cover with orange, blue and white coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Barbara Vaughan (half Jewish and Catholic convert), goes on a pilgrimage to the Holy Places of Jordan. She is warned that due to her Jewish blood . She will be arrested, but nevertheless she goes on her pilgrimage. It becomes "... a flight ... a rout ... a desperate adventure of abduction and espionage ... a switchback of tragedy and farce ... a love story, Sacred and profane ..." -- from rear panel blurb. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Browning of the textblock edges and pages. Heavy rubbing of either side of the spine. From page 263 to 274 there is a vertical crease of the pages. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 303, [1]pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 0264373. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0264373
Title: The Mandelbaum Gate
Author: Spark, Muriel
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Place of Publication: Middlesex, England
Date Published: 1967
Keywords: BZDB2 literature, Middle East, pilgrimage, tragedy Literature & Literary; Unbranded Spark, Muriel The Mandelbaum Gate

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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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