Varying Degrees of Hopelessness
by Ellmann, Lucy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0241131537
- ISBN 13
- 9780241131534
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Hamish Hamilton (Pernquin Group), 1991. First Edition First Printing . Blue Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trisha Rafferty (DJ). Lucy Ellmann's second novel follows her success with 'Sweet Desserts', winner of the Guardian Fictrion Prize in 1988. 181 pp. plus: The Beginning of the End, The Whole History of My Life. Light blue cloth covered boards have siver gilt text on spine. Spine ends rubbed, fon bottom ffep, ow book is as new. Unclipped ( £ 13.99) DJ has bit of edge wear, ow, it too is as new. Bookseller's Inventory # 133275.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003275
- Title
- Varying Degrees of Hopelessness
- Author
- Ellmann, Lucy
- Illustrator
- Trisha Rafferty (DJ)
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0241131537
- ISBN 13
- 9780241131534
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton (Pernquin Group)
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
Lower Beverley Better Books
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
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- Gilt
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- FFEP
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- 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....
- First Edition
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- New
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- FON
- Former Owner's Name. Indicates that the previous owner of the book has written their name in the book.
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