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The House on the Strand
by du Maurier, Daphne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st World Books ed. (1st Gollancz 1969), unclipped d/j, blue boards and gilt spine titling pristine; pages unmarked a
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: World Books (by arr. Victor Gollancz), 1970. 1st thus. hardback. Very good, 1st World Books ed. (1st Gollancz 1969), unclipped d/j, blue boards and gilt spine titling pristine; pages unmarked and tight (occasional dog-ear), foxing on edges.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). When Dick Young's friend, Professor Magnus Lane, offers him an escape from his troubles in the form of a new drug, Dick finds himself transported to fourteenth-century Cornwall. There, in the manor of Tywardreath, the domain of Sir Henry Champerhoune, he witnesses intrigue, adultery and murder. The more time Dick spends consumed in the past, the more he withdraws from the modern world. With each dose of the drug, his body and mind become addicted to this otherworld, and his attempts to change history bring terror to the present and put his own life in jeopardy.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC57533
- Title
- The House on the Strand
- Author
- du Maurier, Daphne
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st World Books ed. (1st Gollancz 1969), unclipped d/j, blue boards and gilt spine titling pristine; pages unmarked a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- World Books (by arr. Victor Gollancz)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 285
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, du Maurier
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8\"\" x 5_\"\")
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