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The Call Girls: A Tragi-Comedy with Prologue and Epilogue
by Koestler, Arthur
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0091125502
- ISBN 13
- 9780091125509
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hutchinson of London, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. A little rubbing to the book corners and book edges. Light age toning of the text block edges and internal text. The first 3.5 inches of the endpapers have become quite significantly sunned. A few handling masks to the panels. Colour photographic dustwrapper with purple and orange titles to the front panel and orange titles to the backstrip. Chipping to the top dustwrapper corners and backstrip edge. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and browning to the fold over panels and rear panel. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. A previous owner has supported the top backstrip edge and the top right-hand corner of the backstrip on the verso of the dustwrapper, tape still in situ. A novel about the academic "call-girls" the experts, who for a nominal money and their expenses, go to international conferences. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (9) 10-192 pages, last blank.. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0091125502. ISBN/EAN: 9780091125509. Inventory No: 0110609. . 9780091125509
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0110609
- Title
- The Call Girls: A Tragi-Comedy with Prologue and Epilogue
- Author
- Koestler, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091125502
- ISBN 13
- 9780091125509
- Publisher
- Hutchinson of London
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Novel -- Academia Literature & Literary; Unbranded ISBN: 0091125502 EAN: 9780091125509 Koestler, Arthur The Call Girls: A Tragi-Comedy with Prologue and Epilogue
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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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