Snake Charmers in Texas: Essays 1980-87
by JAMES, CLIVE
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Jonathan Cape 1988. FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 373pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing to spine & covers, light tanning to edges of flaps)
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- Title
- Snake Charmers in Texas: Essays 1980-87
- Author
- JAMES, CLIVE
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- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape 1988
- Keywords
- first edition Clive James essays collection anthology literature social commentary humour
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