A Gentle Occupation by Bogarde, Dirk

Chatto & Windus, 1980. Hardcover. Good +/good.

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Chatto & Windus Ltd., 1980. Hardcover in very good condition. First edition, first printing. The unclipped jacket is a little tanned and edgeworn with some small scuffs on the rear spine side. Slight bump and wear to the hardcover spine foot. Pages are clean; all text is clear. CM. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Used.

London: Chatto & Windus. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in a Good dust-Jacket,rather rubbed and worn and chipped to edges with a couple of closed tears to head and tail of spine.their is one previous ownership name to the ffep.Price clipped First Edition,8vo 360pp . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1980.

London : Chatto & Windus. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Goo. Hardcover. 0701125055 . Blue Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. A Very Good++ book with bright, unmarked pages and a sound binding. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good condition. "Bogarde's debut novel, set in 1945, concerns the period after the war as the British Army attempts to carry out a caretaking operation on an island seething with revolt following the Japanese occupation." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 360 pages .

London: Chatto & Windus, 1980. First Edition, First Impression. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1980 first edition, first impression. Size octavo, 360 pages. Blue hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition near fine, pages are slightly toned otherwise clean throughout. Dust jacket condition very good, slight curl to edges, spine faded, not price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Chatto & Windus, 1980. 1st edition, 8vo, 360pp, previous owner's name to ffep and mild traces of selotape glue residue to both front and back endpapers o/w VG Copy in VG DJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1980 VG/VG. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (a little thumbed, prev. owner's name to FFE, small tape removal mark) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a little creased); pp. [viii], 360, with a map. A very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1980. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Chatto & Windus, London, 1980. First edition. Book condition: near fine. Very light tanning to text block edges. Dust jacket condition: near fine - unclipped, just the slightest amount of shelf wear and very slight discolouration to spine. Small 'New Fiction Society' label at tail of spine. Set on an island off Java, in the uneasy aftermath of the war, a group of ordinary, civilised people face the legacy of hatred and corruption left by the Japanese occupation. A compelling and enjoyable novel - a delightful comedy of manners and an incisive study of people under pressure. Original and true to life.