THE OCTOBER COUNTRY
by RAY BRADBURY
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good /Good
- Seller
-
THETFORD, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
LONDON: RUPERT HART-DAVIS. First published in the UK in 1956. Ex-Library book. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Clear plastic cover over DJ with paper backing. Some stains and age wear to plastic cover. Small split and surface wear/peeling on top edge of DJ spine, similar but smaller splits/tears on bottom edges of DJ spine/front and back corner edges of DJ. Not price clipped. Green boards with gilt illustrations on board spine and 'Watford Public Libraries' in gilt on the front board. Slight wear on board edges. Residue of card pocket on front pastedown. Residue of issuing form and number codes on front free endpaper, which also has a date in biro ink. Library code on publishing details page. Tanned and slightly foxed/soiled pages. Otherwise Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Classic collection of short stories. Location: STC28 . Good. Hardcover. Second Impression. 1957.
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Details
- Seller
- TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 012477
- Title
- THE OCTOBER COUNTRY
- Author
- RAY BRADBURY
- Illustrator
- JOE MUGNAINI(JACKET DESIGN)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Publisher
- RUPERT HART-DAVIS
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
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About the Seller
TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
Biblio member since 2005
THETFORD, Norfolk
About TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
I am a bookseller of predominantly used(second hand) books. I specialise in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, British and American comics, TV and Film books and magazines. I also sell other varieties of fiction and non-fiction. Including historical novels, poetry, history books, native american history, new age, philosophy, motivational books, classics.
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