Souvenir Press, London, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. publisher's note. Black and white illustration of "Lena age 40" -- mother of David S. Black coloured boards with silver writing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for frontispiece, against a grey and white background with red, white and black writing on the front panel and red and black on the spine. " In its honesty, its quiet, unemotional reporting of a progressive, long- drawn-out agony, The Mother of David S. must be one of the most powerful statements published of the horror and destructiveness of drug dependence." - from the front panel blurb. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the back book corners. Staining to the lower book edge of the front panel and the page edges are brown. The internal pages are starting to brown. The dustwrapper is a little rubbed and faded and the back panel is quite dull. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and creasing to the top and bottom edges. First English Translation. Size: Octavo - up to 9 Â¾" Tall. VIII, 234 pages, last 9 blank,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Drugs; ISBN: 0285626957. ISBN/EAN: 9780285626959. Inventory No: 0103168. . 9780285626959

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0103168
Title: The Mother of David S
Author: Keuls, Yvonne
Format/Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0285626957
ISBN 13: 9780285626959
Publisher: Souvenir Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1985
Keywords: BZDB2 Drug Addiction -- Families, Heroin -- Addiction Biography & Autobiography; Drugs; Unbranded ISBN: 0285626957 EAN: 9780285626959 Keuls, Yvonne The Mother of David S.
Bookseller catalogs: Drugs;

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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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