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A Gentle Occupation (Signed Copy)
by Bogarde,Dirk
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ /Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0701125055
- ISBN 13
- 9780701125059
- Seller
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus. This is a Very Good+ Copy of this Book in Publisher's Blue cloth,with gilt title lettering to spine in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket,which has no chips or tears to outer edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped.This copy has been SIGNED by Bogarde on the Title without any further inscriptions.This is a nice clean copy internally with no foxing or other internal markings.There is one former owner's blank ex libris bookplate affixed to the front endpaper.In the seventies Dirk Bogarde semi-retired to France but continued to choose interesting roles in films like The Night Porter, Providence, Permission to Kill and Despair in 1977. Dirk also began to write books, something he had longed to do throughout his career but had never found the time. Dirk would write several biographies and also many fiction books, even publishing a book of letters. In the late 1980's Dirk moved back to London to live a very private, quiet life. He also became actively involved in the Voluntary Euthanasia Society, a subject which Bogarde felt very strongly about.Uncommon Signed First Edition of the Writer's 3rd book,8vo 360pp [1980] . Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 2nd Printing. 1980.
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- Bookseller
- Richard Thornton Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79338
- Title
- A Gentle Occupation (Signed Copy)
- Author
- Bogarde,Dirk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0701125055
- ISBN 13
- 9780701125059
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- MODERN FIRSTS;
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About the Seller
Richard Thornton Books
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire
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