Noble Descents : A Novel
by Hanley, Gerald
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0241108691
- ISBN 13
- 9780241108697
- Seller
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st impression with unclipped dust jacket very light shelf wear to head and base of spine, no inscription very clean throughout though pages edges have tanned slightly. Hanley takes the reader on a tragi comic pilgrimage to India, A country losing its foothold on the past. With the remnants of British influence retiring in a scotch filled haze, the Maharajah tries to steer India into the twentieth century
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- Bookseller
- Andrew James Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001789
- Title
- Noble Descents : A Novel
- Author
- Hanley, Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0241108691
- ISBN 13
- 9780241108697
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE, INDIA THE RAJ FICTION, FICTION
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
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