Mad Shepherds: and Other Human Studies
by Jacks, L. P
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0192812823
- ISBN 13
- 9780192812827
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1979. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Colour illustrated paperback binding with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The author's evocation of rural England at the beginning of the 20th century, and, of the shepherd Snarly Bob. For, as the rear panel blurb states "Mad or sane, it is certain that Snarly, under a kinder Fate might have been something more splendid than was. Mystic, star-gazer, dabbler in black or blackish arts, he seemed in his lowly occupation of Shepherd to represent some strange miscarriage of Nature's designs." Rubbing of the book edges and panels with browning of the text block edges and pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 122 pages.. Previous bookseller's sticker to the rear panel.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Britain/UK; 1900-1920; Farming & Rural Life. ISBN: 0192812823. ISBN/EAN: 9780192812827. Inventory No: 0121928. . 9780192812827
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0121928
- Title
- Mad Shepherds: and Other Human Studies
- Author
- Jacks, L. P
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0192812823
- ISBN 13
- 9780192812827
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- BZDB2 literature, rural life, Cotswold, early 20th century, Shepherd Literature & Literary; Britain/UK; 1900-1920; Farming & Rural Life. Unbranded ISBN: 0192812823 EAN: 9780192812827 Jacks, L. P. Mad Shepherds: and Other Human Studies
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Rubbing
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