Bedlam: A Mid-century Satire
by Dowling, Basil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Christchurch: Nag's Head Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1972). First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Very slight fading to spine and edges of boards. ; 33 pages. Purple cloth boards with decorative title label pasted down on front board. Number 26 of a limited edition of 200 numbered copies. "To me maturing meditation brings/ A strong sense of the senselessness of things./ To start with Alpha, why were earth and ocean/ And all the planets ever put in motion?" - the opening lines.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5911
- Title
- Bedlam: A Mid-century Satire
- Author
- Dowling, Basil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Nag's Head Press
- Place of Publication
- Christchurch
- Date Published
- (1972)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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