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LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES A Set of Tales with some Colloquial Sketches entitled A Few Crusted Characters
by THOMAS HARDY
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: MACMILLAN & CO LTD, 1903 Blue Cloth Boards with gilt titles to spine and gilt blocked device to front panel. 302 pp + Map + 32pp publisher's catalogue. Collection of short stories + observations on some local characters. First published 1894 the copy offered by us is the 1903 New Edition. Good (Book- Shelf rubbing to cloth including nick to head of 5mm approx and associated fraying. No previous owner name, light foxing to end papers. Otherwise clean and binding sound). Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale NB. It is DARKER BLUE Camera flash has lightened the blue cover
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 120729
- Title
- LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES A Set of Tales with some Colloquial Sketches entitled A Few Crusted Characters
- Author
- THOMAS HARDY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- MACMILLAN & CO LTD
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Thomas Hardy, Wessex Novels, Fiction, Short Stories, Tony Kytes, Andrey Satchel, George Crockhill, Netty Sargent. Books on line Brighton, Short Stories,
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