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Miracles of Life. Shanghai to Shepperton. An Autobiography
by Ballard, J.G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0007272723
- ISBN 13
- 9780007272723
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Fourth Estate, 2008) 9780007272729. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in yellow on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; decorative endpapers; pp. viii + 278. Near fine condition. "For almost half a century, J.G. Ballard has been one of his country's most important writers. In this revelatory autobiography, bookended by time spent in Shanghai - the city of his childhood and internment in a WWII prison camp, and setting of his novel Empire of the Sun - he charts the course of his remarkable life." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10040
- Title
- Miracles of Life. Shanghai to Shepperton. An Autobiography
- Author
- Ballard, J.G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0007272723
- ISBN 13
- 9780007272723
- Publisher
- (London: Fourth Estate, 2008) 9780007272729
- Keywords
- British novelists. Shanghai. Guangzhou. Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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