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Redback.
by JACOBSON, HOWARD:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bantam Press. 1986 1st edition.. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with near fine dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Author’s neat inscription to main title page. Slight browning throughout. Else a very clean and tight copy. 314pp. Karl Leon Forelock is sent to Australia where he meets a variety of colourful characters before being bitten by a Redback spider.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85425
- Title
- Redback.
- Author
- JACOBSON, HOWARD:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bantam Press. 1986 1st edition.
- Keywords
- Literature HOWARD JACOBSON, Redback, Karl Leon Forelock, Australia, Redback spider, dustwrapper, signed, first edition
Terms of Sale
The Antique Map & Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Fine
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Dustwrapper
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