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The Penguin Book of British Comic Stories
by Patricia Craig (compiled by)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0140122923
- ISBN 13
- 9780140122923
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Penguin Books, London, 1991. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Small Octavo. 524 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. In this century alone, Britain and Ireland have produced some of the finest writers of humorous prose. This glorious collection of short stories presents a rich blend of comic styles ranging from the sunny humour of Wodehouse and the droll comedy of Graham Greene to the grim irony of Fay Weldon and the inventive wit of Muriel Spark. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Britain/UK; 20th century; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: 0140122923. ISBN/EAN: 9780140122923. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9136. . 9780140122923
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9136
- Title
- The Penguin Book of British Comic Stories
- Author
- Patricia Craig (compiled by)
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140122923
- ISBN 13
- 9780140122923
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- BZDB137 short stories, british writers, anthology, humour, twentieth century Fiction; Short Stories; Britain/UK; 20th century; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: 0140122923 EAN: 9780140122923 Patricia Craig (compiled by) The Penguin Book of British
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