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Yours for Decency: the Campaign to Clothe Naked Animals
by Abel, Alan
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor Condition
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Elek Books, London, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor Condition. 350 g; XVI, 140 pages, last page blank, in original illustrated dust jacket. Traces of foxing and handling marks to the edges of the text block, rubbing and chipping with some loss of the dust jacket edges, especially at the top right-hand corner of the front panel. . "They never really was a Society for Decency to Naked Animals but for six years of thousands of people, among them experienced reporters and radio and television interviewers believed that a society existed with the object of clothing all animals for the sake of decency. This is the story of that hoax. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sociology & Culture; Unexplained Events; America; Inventory No: 0215978. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0215978
- Title
- Yours for Decency: the Campaign to Clothe Naked Animals
- Author
- Abel, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Elek Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- BZDB2 hoax, SINA Sociology & Culture; Unexplained Events; America; Unbranded Abel, Alan Yours for Decency: the Campaign to Clothe Naked Animals
- Bookseller catalogs
- Unexplained Events;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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