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People One Ought to Know
by Isherwood, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0333342631
- ISBN 13
- 9780333342633
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Macmillan. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0333342631 . 21 cm. Sound and square binding in burgundy, cloth-covered boards. A couple of tiny dings to the bottom edges, else fine. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has minor edge wear, heavier at head of spine. Rubbed with a few scratches. A book of 29 nonsense poems, written by Isherwood in the 1920's, and poking fun at the customs and fashions of the period. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1660
- Title
- People One Ought to Know
- Author
- Isherwood, Christopher
- Illustrator
- Sylvain Mangeot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0333342631
- ISBN 13
- 9780333342633
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- 0333342631
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Poetry;
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About the Seller
Homeward Bound Books
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Campbellcroft, Ontario
About Homeward Bound Books
Homeward Bound Books is an online bookshop operated from our home in the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario. We specialize in children's and illustrated books – collectible and reading copies; and local histories, particularly for Ontario. We also stock a selection of collectable mystery fiction, ephemera, and any other titles we find interesting or unusual. We have thousands of books yet to be catalogued. So, please contact us to be added to our client list, and we will let you know when we have books of interest to you. It is our pleasure to send books homeward bound -- from our shelves to yours.
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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