The House of Love: Life in a Vietnamese Hospital.
by Susan Terry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Lansdowne Press, 1966. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Very Good in Very Good DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of moderate use. Book shows light wear to extremities; slight spine lean; faint rubbing and soiling; former owner's address label at front free endpaper; binding remains secure; text clean. DJ shows similar rubbing and soiling; moderate wear to extremities; minor chip loss at corner tips and head/heel of backstrip; price intact; mylar-protected. Overall, remains a clean, sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. xiv+248pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles at backstrip. 16 full page b&w plates. Hardback with DJ. Author's story of her year spent with an Australian medical team in Vietnam - October 1964 to November 1965.
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- Bookseller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33203
- Title
- The House of Love: Life in a Vietnamese Hospital.
- Author
- Susan Terry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Ed, so stated.
- Publisher
- Lansdowne Press,
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Date Published
- 1966.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia Travel; World Travel; True Adventure; Travel; Travel & Adventure; Travel Writing; Vietnam; Women's Travel;
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