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A Gentle Occupation - First Edition 1980 by Dirk Bogarde - 1980

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A Gentle Occupation  -  First Edition  1980 by Dirk Bogarde - 1980

A Gentle Occupation - First Edition 1980

by Dirk Bogarde

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On an island off Java, in the uneasy aftermath of war, a group of ordinary, civilised people face the legacy of hatred and corruption left by the Japanese occupation. A GENTLE OCCUPATION is a story about survival, and the price that has to be paid for it. Contains 360pp. Book is in read once condition. No inscriptions or marks. Light shelfwear to bottom edge. Tail of spine bumped . Dustjacket, top of spine scrunched lightly. Not price clipped. Bound in blue board, gilt lettering to spine, white endpapers.
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  • Binding Hardcover
  • ISBN 10 0701125055
  • ISBN 13 9780701125059
  • Publisher Chatto & Windus
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1980

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A Gentle Occupation

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A Gentle Occupation

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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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
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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.
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A Gentle Occupation

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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.
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A gentle occupation / a novel by Dirk Bogarde

A gentle occupation / a novel by Dirk Bogarde

by Bogarde, Dirk (1921-1999)

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London : Chatto & Windus, 1980. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Copy is not price-clipped. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 359 pages; Physical description. : 359 p. 20 cm. Subject: Java -- Survival -- Human relationships -- Men -- Women -- English fiction. Fiction in English, 1900 - Texts.
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