Boyhood. Scenes from Provincial Life
by Coetzee, J. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0436204509
- ISBN 13
- 9780436204500
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Secker & Warburg, 1997) 0436204509. First edition. 8vo; original brown boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (vi) + 166. Dustwrapper partially sunned and rubbed; some wear to edges of boards and tail of spine; occasional fox spot. Good condition. "Boyhood evokes the tensions, delights and terrors of childhood with startling, haunting immediacy. Coetzee examines his young self with the dispassionate curiosity of an explorer rediscovering his own early footprints, and the account of his progress is bright, hard and simply compelling." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12605
- Title
- Boyhood. Scenes from Provincial Life
- Author
- Coetzee, J. M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0436204509
- ISBN 13
- 9780436204500
- Publisher
- (London: Secker & Warburg, 1997) 0436204509
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- September 25, 1997
- Keywords
- First edition. Nobel Literature Prize South African Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- South African Literature;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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- Dustwrapper
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- Sunned
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