The Odd Spot of Bother
by Crump, Barry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. (1968). Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Some foxing to book and dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; Third printing (February 1968) of a title first published in 1967. 159, [1 (blank)] pages. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 132mm. Illustrated by John Crawley. Popular New Zealand author. "Spots of bother are Windy's speciality. This seemed natural enough so long as he ambled on his stumble-bum way, losing one job after another, falling in love, collecting thick ears and malignant goats, and wondering innocently why these things always seemed to happen to him." -from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21922
- Title
- The Odd Spot of Bother
- Author
- Crump, Barry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- A. H. & A. W. Reed
- Place of Publication
- Wellington
- Date Published
- (1968)
- Keywords
- New Zealand Literature
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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