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The Heart of the Country
by Weldon, Fay
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 009167090X
- ISBN 13
- 9780091670900
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
United Kingdom: Hutchinson. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 009167090X . SIGNED by author in black ink on full title page. "In THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY Fay Weldon, without mercy, attacks the belief that the English countryside is a place of repose, peacefulness and neighbourly kind-heartedness. The Heart of the Country can be a devastating place; if unusually invigorating." - DJ. Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector Rolland Comstock on paste-down endpaper. Dented in tail edge of back cover, tail edge of spine and head corners are bumped. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 199 pages; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3439
- Title
- The Heart of the Country
- Author
- Weldon, Fay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 009167090X
- ISBN 13
- 9780091670900
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- 009167090X
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