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Getting to Know the General; The Story of an Involvement
by Greene, Graham, 1904 - 1991
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0370308085
- ISBN 13
- 9780370308081
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
the Bodley Head, London, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 224pp., foreword by author. Green coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Photographic dustwrapper, showing the author and the subject at a table, with white, black and red writing on the front panel and black on the spine. Traces of spotting to the top and front edge of the text block. Otherwise, an attractive copy. A memoir by Graham Greene of 5 year friendship with General Omar Torrijos Herrera, leader of Panama until his untimely death in a plane crash. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Biography; America; ISBN: 0370308085. ISBN/EAN: 9780370308081. Inventory No: 0232849. . 9780370308081
Synopsis
Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and was later employed by the Foreign Office. He died in April 1991.
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0232849
- Title
- Getting to Know the General; The Story of an Involvement
- Author
- Greene, Graham, 1904 - 1991
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0370308085
- ISBN 13
- 9780370308081
- Publisher
- the Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- BZDB2 General Omar Torrijos Herrera -- Biography -- Personal Memoir, Graham Greene -- Personal Narrative, South American Politics, Panama -- Politics -- History Biography & Autobiography; Biography; America; Unbranded ISBN: 0370308085 EAN: 978037030
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