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The Guizer. A Book of Fools.
by Garner, Alan
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Hamish Hamilton, 1975., 1975. Hard Cover. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL POEM BY THE AUTHOR. Large octavo, pp 213, [3]. Decorative title page plus illustration to 3 "Part" leaves. Quarter black cloth with gilt titles to spine and tan buckram boards with gilt motif to upper board. Unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Minor creasing at spine tips and upper corner of lower board faintly bruised. A little light foxing, mainly to textblock edge. Lengthy gift inscription to ffep to Paul Roche with original poem, boldly signed by the Author in his characteristic and inimitable style and dated 6 June 1976. Jacket very lightly soiled to front flap, with minor rubbing to edge. A Very Good copy in like jacket. Recipient Donald Robert Paul Roche (1916-2007) was a British poet and Professor of English and a critically acclaimed translator of the classics. This collection of 28 stories about fools is based upon world wide myths and legends, and is divided into sections on the Guizer as Fool, as Man and as God.
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5860
- Title
- The Guizer. A Book of Fools.
- Author
- Garner, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London; Hamish Hamilton, 1975.
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Myths & Legends
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About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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- Title Page
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- Octavo
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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- Spine
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- Buckram
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