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Oswald the Owl (Signed First Edition, Ex Libris John Julius Norwich)
by Garland, Patrick
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/Very Good Minus
- ISBN 10
- 1856190242
- ISBN 13
- 9781856190244
- Seller
-
Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1990. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green, Nicola. From the library of John Julius Norwich, signed and inscribed to him and wife Molly by the author Patrick Garland. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is clean and bright with spotting inside and light rubbing/creasing to edges. Grey cloth with black titling to spine. Boards clean, square and sharp. Spotting to page edges and top margins but contents o/w clean without bookplates or inscriptions other than author's. Slight straining to guttering between first blank and half-title. 59 pp; b/w ills by Nicola Green; pink patterned endpapers. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed-for, and insured.
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- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003904
- Title
- Oswald the Owl (Signed First Edition, Ex Libris John Julius Norwich)
- Author
- Garland, Patrick
- Illustrator
- Green, Nicola
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1856190242
- ISBN 13
- 9781856190244
- Publisher
- Sinclair-Stevenson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Children's; Fiction; Illustrated; Signed & Limited Editions; Signed Copy;
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About the Seller
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
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Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
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- First Edition
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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
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- Jacket
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