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Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer
by O'Rourke, P. J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0330325353
- ISBN 13
- 9780330325356
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Picador, London, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Acknowledgements, Introduction: Hunting the Virtuous – and How to Clean and Skin Them. Red coloured endpages. Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour photographic dustwrapper with yellow, red and white coloured titles to the front panel and yellow and red coloured titles to the backstrip. A series of essays in which the author casts an chary eye on freedom of our world, a look at the 60s, drug testing and New Enemies, but, the majority of the book is an account of the first Gulf War is seen by a journalist. Rubbing of the backstrip corners and of the book corners. Very light tanning of the text block edges and pages. Rubbing of dustwrapper edges and panels, the rear being more effected than the front. There is a small nick to the top left-hand corner of the backstrip. Full Number Line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - XVIII, [2], 3 - 238 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Journalism; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0330325353. ISBN/EAN: 9780330325356. Inventory No: 0125954. . 9780330325356
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0125954
- Title
- Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer
- Author
- O'Rourke, P. J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0330325353
- ISBN 13
- 9780330325356
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Essays, P. J. O'Rourke, journalism, Gulf War Essays & Literary Criticism; Journalism; Politics & Government. Unbranded ISBN: 0330325353 EAN: 9780330325356 O'Rourke, P. J. Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Stru
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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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